ball
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Bath hit Northampton again through 21-year-old Charlie Griffin before Saints slickly whipped the ball between their backs until it reached Sleightholme for their second try.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The American League has thrown up an even more extreme case in the Tampa Bay Rays, who have the 27th payroll in the majors and are making small ball cool again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
He connected with Jalen Flowers on a late fourth-down play to put the ball on Inglewood’s 34-yard line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
He’s the biggest guy out there, and when he has the ball, he’s going to score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Babycakes, a white angora bunny that looked like a giant fluff ball, lived in a pen in the back of the room, near the bookshelves.
From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold
He faced 33 balls and did not score a run, making his duck the longest by an Australian opener in Test history - the third-longest by any Test opener.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Playing quickly across the middle of the pitch – whether through powerful carrying or long balls – to find runners in attack against fewer defenders.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Beloved for its mildly sweet, nutty flavour and velvety texture, it later evolved into a party food, consumed as a jam or stewed with sticky rice balls in coconut milk.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
“It’s my job to call balls and strikes.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Slowly, at first, pivoting on the balls of his feet, his felt shoes made a metallic clack on the stone floor—an unfamiliar sound to me.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
The Chinese space effort, by contrast, is “all balled up—security, military, all together, all in one.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
I balled my hands into fists and stretched my arms out and up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025
It was defiance and euphoria and adrenaline just balled up into this big massive gig.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
Next to Ronny, a girl named Donna was balled up in a lump on one end of the couch.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
"It's all dog, all the time," he said of Roscoe's balling talents.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
You can come in balling and throwing stuff, but to who?
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
“On paper, he has every disadvantage at tackle. But you watch the film, and it’s like, he’s always balling out.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2024
“I’m telling you!” she cried, balling up her fists.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
I crossed my arms tightly across my chest, my hands balling into fists.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
