curve ball
Example Sentences
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However, Belmont threw a Ye-style curve ball of his own earlier this year, when he opted to list the partially-completed home for $39 million, eventually reducing that price to $34.9 million.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
OK, so this is a bit of a curve ball.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025
Connecting on a hanging curve ball, he sent his homer over the wall in left field to set off a wild celebration on the field and in the stands of Classic Park.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024
Her first album, Messy, was nominated for a Mercury prize - which she describes as "a pure curve ball".
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2023
There were no fireworks at all When Adam was a boy; No one could pitch a drop curve ball When Adam was a boy.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
