cursing
Example Sentences
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Some players are thriving on the livelier surfaces - but others are cursing them.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Why can baseball and basketball players do their jobs with 60,000 hostile fans cursing at full volume but golfers and tennis players need complete silence to do theirs?
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025
Rodrigo Duterte, who would assume the presidency the year after the papal visit, would make headlines after cursing the Pope for the traffic chaos he caused.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
During his initial overview of the Chargers’ season schedule, offensive coordinator Greg Roman stopped short of cursing the team’s Week 5 off week, but he was at least “strongly speaking against it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024
They wrestled for the hose, spraying one another, shooting the water over onto the dock, laughing and cursing each other.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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