curveball
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Every time critics throw her a curveball, she smacks it to the opposite field and gets on base, ready to grind her way to a win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Brian Jacobsen was heading into a meeting Wednesday when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threw a major curveball at the U.S. bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
He adds crucial nous after Villa's plans were thrown a curveball following Amadou Onana's serious knee injury.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Aston Villa's transfer plans were thrown a curveball by an injury to Amadou Onana.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Still, I knew that Major League pitching needed more than just speed; control and a good curveball had to be there too.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
Alaska has struggled with rising fuel costs in recent months, and it has faced curveballs such as IT outages last year and harsh weather that dented demand for trips to Hawaii.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
To be fair, they have been thrown some major curveballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Oliver Laxe’s road movie about a father and son who caravan across Morocco with a pack of tattooed strangers is set in a vast desert where you still somehow never see the plot’s curveballs coming.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
All he did was set the Say Hey Kid down swinging — on three straight curveballs.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
