curve ball

Example Sentences

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Whatever curve ball is coming, you have to roll with it.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

OK, so this is a bit of a curve ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2025

Szoboszlai's arrival for £60m from RB Leipzig was the first signing under Schmadtke and, along with the Reds recruitment team, he has the job of dealing with the Fabinho curve ball.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2023

The People's Bank of China seems to like being enigmatic, throwing the market a curve ball as it fixed the yuan weaker against the dollar than many expected.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 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