ball
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For now, the ball is in the Legislature’s court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Belgian has described his brand of football as "a dominant one, with and without the ball".
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Three innings later, he sent another ball soaring into the left-field bleachers at Wrigley Field, making Báez just the eighth player since 1900 to hit multiple home runs in his debut.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Dave Winfield made a nice play on the ball and fired a strong throw home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Now he aimed carefully and sent the ball whooshing through the net.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Also, Betts’ HardHit% this season — measuring the rate of hard-hit balls — of 38.8%, nearly a 3% increase from last season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Walter's 80 off just 46 balls set up Super Giants' imposing total of 186-4 at The Oval, before England seamer Josh Tongue led the bowling unit with an impressive 4-26 in Sunrisers' chase.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
But then he threw four straight balls to walk him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In “Over/Under,” he argues that betting, which has been pervasive for as long as Americans have obsessed over balls and strikes, is a primary reason why sports became popular in the first place.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Sorry,” he said, bouncing on the balls of his feet as he waited for me to get myself together.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
“That’s my life and my creativity balled into this thing called music. It’s personal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024
That song, a hushed balled called Who I Am, will open his new album, Shawn, when it is released in October.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2024
Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
My whole body tingles with nerves and it feels like my tummy has balled itself into a knot.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
"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
I wasn’t balling out of control, but I had some disposable income and idle time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
“I’m telling you!” she cried, balling up her fists.
From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2024
At the far end, by the library office, a couple of boys were balling up paper and lobbing it over onto other boys’ heads, then ducking down and laughing.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
