bola
Example Sentences
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Abel tried swinging the stone around and around above his head with a gradually lengthening line and then releasing it like a bola.
From Literature
The Tehuelche were innovators, too: Outsiders marveled at their bolas, weighted rope snares they swung and launched from horseback to hunt llamalike guanaco and flightless rhea birds.
From Science Magazine
Throughout the night, the organizer enthusiastically greets friends, checks in with the referee and yells the occasional “bola!” all while lugging around a tripod with his phone strapped to the top.
From Los Angeles Times
She took the queso de bola, as we called it, and peeled the red waxy exterior with a short knife.
From Washington Post
Huge queues formed where la bola en la calle – the gossip on the street – told of chicken, pork or cooking oil.
From The Guardian
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