ball

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Seagulls forward Charalampos Kostoulas had helped the ball on with an overhead kick, and his boot was very close to the head of Hammers' defender Konstantinos Mavropanos.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

You play for the feeling of the ball striking and being out in nature on a sunny day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

That proved costly less than a minute later when Markanich, racing up the center, got behind Galaxy defender Mauricio Cuevas to corral a long ball from Joaquín Pereyra, then beat keeper JT Marcinkowski cleanly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

If your 2-foot putt is so easy that you can call it a gimme and pick the ball up, why not take the 10 seconds to tap it in?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The cub demolished it in its powerful jaws, then curled up and went instantly to sleep: a gently heaving ball of hot grey fur.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver