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balled up



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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

Its most haunting components are six unnervingly lifelike human figures dressed in office attire, balled up inside garbage bags like corporate flotsam.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

But I just laid there, balled up, defeated.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

She balled up the dress and flung it into the cold hearth, on top of the ashes of last night's Are.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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