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basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-] / ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /
NOUN
team sport
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The BAL is a pan-African basketball league established and co-organised by the NBA and the basketball's world governing body Fiba.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The NBA said the APR basketball club would remain barred while the US sanctions are in place.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Three Valencia basketball players at Saturday’s Foothill League basketball media day raised their hand when asked if they had taken “Mr. Bedgood” for geometry.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

In fact, Lakers coach JJ Redick has come to believe that his star player transcends the laws of terrestrial basketball altogether.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

He would instruct high school sciences, lead the band, and coach both the football and basketball teams.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Not that Hudson herself isn’t juggling a number of metaphorical basketballs at all times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

When viewed under a scanning electron microscope, the powder resembles tiny basketballs with billions of holes, said study leader Zihui Zhou, a materials chemist who is working on his PhD at UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2024

I was on a bed made of silky woven kelp, in a .room paneled with abalone shell Glowing pearls the size of basketballs floated around the ceiling, providing light.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan


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