dunk
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The goal is actually never to just dunk on people.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Of course, betting on sports rights isn’t a slam dunk.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The states’ lawsuit offers coherent concerns about the deal’s impact on the film and cable TV marketplaces, but it doesn’t look like a slam dunk, according to antitrust experts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
After leading the offense at Baylor, Carr knows his assignment supporting Doncic with the Lakers will be simpler: cut, run and dunk, he said at his introductory news conference.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
There’s toast, too, which softens up when I dunk it a few times.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
He has a radar for the rim, sixth in the NBA in dunks per game in 2024-25.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Wembanyama swished jump shots and soared for alley-oop dunks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Of his nine made shots, seven were dunks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
A combined two-dunk score will decide which two of the four players advance to the final round, with combined scores from two more dunks determining a champion.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
But Herr Seligmann dunks the scrubcloth into the bucket, wrings it out, and continues wiping the window.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
"It's so tough playing an individual sport. You can't be subbed out, you just have to be dunked back in the deep end immediately," former British player Naomi Broady said on BBC TV.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
He made 142 3-pointers last season, and he dunked only 91 times.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
The supersized lineup seemed to briefly stabilize the situation for the Bruins before Cronin yanked Mara after he missed a tip-in and got dunked on by Goldin midway through the first half.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2025
Unfazed, Matteo dunked his arms into the oil and felt around for the bones.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
Stooping, she dunked the vest in the pail of milk, soaked it for a minute, and then wrung it out loosely.
From "Tiger Boy" by Mitali Perkins
I worry that dunking on people doesn’t necessarily change their minds.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
After securing victory with a service winner, Sabalenka celebrated by dunking her head in an ice cooler.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
But the dunking spawned the legend of the "Curse of the Colonel" that said the Tigers would never win another title until the effigy was recovered.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
He starts each morning by folding his hands in prayer, dunking his face in a sink full of ice water afterward.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2025
Ain't no way I could be dunking in a year.
From "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds
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