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dart

[dahrt] / dɑrt /


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"Football!" the children respond in unison as they dart between tents and ambulances in a pharmacy parking lot.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The young intern who shot us with a tranquilizer dart and then inserted that inexact analysis apologizes.

From Slate Jun. 13, 2026

After a missed match dart by Littler, a deciding leg was needed to separate the English rivals.

From BBC May 28, 2026

In each video, runners dart around church staff and race up staircases, seeing how far they can get before someone asks them to leave or threatens to call the police.

From Los Angeles Times May 8, 2026

In my head, I see a dart fly through the air and hit one of those red and white target boards dead center.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

It was the scene where Ted plays the smug Rupert Mannion character in darts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Ted acts as if he knows little about the game; Rupert fails to ask anything beyond, “Do you like darts, Ted?”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Beat Luke Littler will be a live darts event in which anybody can enter, with 20 people ultimately being chosen to take part.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Both players missed 23 darts at a double across the match, while Van Veen was broken nine times in 14 legs throwing first on what was a difficult night for the world number three.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Tiny darts of water hit my face and neck.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Gibson-Park darted through the gold shirts to score after Keenan produced a superb try-saving tackle to deny the rampaging Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii a certain try.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The next inning, the Rays’ Ben Williamson hit a two-out single to Tucker in right field, and Tampa’s Jonathan Aranda darted around third toward home.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Daryl Mitchell was not playing a shot, and this time the ball darted up the slope to uproot the unguarded off stump.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

This past Fourth of July, three Elk Grove drones darted across the city to record video of illegal fireworks.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 28, 2025

Without moving his head, Christopher’s eyes darted sideways.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Others believe the best solution is darting the horses with birth control, a method used elsewhere in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

Dan used a horizontal bar lined with LED lights that kept my eyes dancing and darting as he prompted me to recall a distressing childhood memory.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

The team filmed fish darting between gorgonian whip coral, and jelly-like orange sea sponges near black coral.

From BBC Mar. 7, 2026

Isaac Del Toro took the overall lead at the UAE Tour after darting clear to earn his second stage victory of the week atop the Jebel Hafeet mountain on Saturday.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

Ryder keeps darting ahead, then dashes back to us.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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