curveball
Example Sentences
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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
Still, Stafford will turn 38 the day before the Super Bowl, and it wouldn’t be much of a curveball if that were his last game, especially if the Rams were to win.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 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
His eyes squint; he’s probably nervous about the curveball I’m throwing his way.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
