curveball
Example Sentences
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Yamamoto then let Gabriel Arias, the No. 8 hitter, get a hold of a curveball for a 407-foot home run to straightaway center field, his first this season.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
However, the developer threw a Ye-style curveball of his own in 2025, when he opted to list the partially completed home for $39 million, eventually reducing that price to $34.9 million.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
We'll sometimes throw each other a curveball with a pick choice but it never gets heated or anything like that.
From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025
In September, however, the same 6-3 majority threw another curveball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
