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basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-] / ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /
NOUN
team sport
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“Continuing to invest in and strengthen our basketball operations group is a top priority as we build for the long-term success of our team and players,” Pelinka said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former basketball star whose father was a jazz trombonist, observes that “Coltrane’s music is the soundtrack to the Black experience in America.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

All seven Australians in the NFL converted from rugby, basketball or Australian rules football, and Australia has a huge pool of similar athletes with transferable skills.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

The sprawling property has everything from standard rooms to stand-alone lake houses, plus indoor and outdoor pools, lawn games, basketball and pickleball courts.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

We’ve worked out a good routine of school and basketball and Sunday dinners at Celia’s.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.

From MarketWatch Jun. 17, 2026

Other sports have made accommodations for female body types, such as lower sprint hurdles in athletics or lighter and smaller basketballs.

From BBC May 6, 2026

A couple of the pumpkins are the size of basketballs, with 10 or more smaller ones trying to catch up.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 10, 2025

So I tell her I’m sorry, it won’t happen again, then head off to my next class.Gym class is supposed to be about balls: volleyballs, basketballs, softballs, soccer balls—sometimes sit-ups and always sweat.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander



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