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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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The field first emerged in the 1990s and gained credibility as the UN's climate panel incorporated the work into its assessments.

From Barron's Jul. 15, 2026

Its most recent field season, carried out between November 2025 and February 2026, produced a number of discoveries that researchers describe as historically and archaeologically significant.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

There was a fireworks show after the fourth inning, with kids riding bicycles onto the field a la “The Sandlot.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has worn the same olive-green field clothes ever since, because there is a war on and a suit can wait.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

She didn’t even try to follow me as I crossed the field.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Pathways range across fields including engineering, information technology, agriculture, public policy and entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Power of Siberia 2, however, would pump gas from fields that once supplied Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Smelly outside toilets, muddy fields, day drinking and not sleeping might sound like a familiar festival experience to many.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

After the first Gulf War, he points out, the U.S. “did not attempt to seize the region’s oil fields for itself, which would have been the classical mercantilist approach.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Pop and Mama and my brothers and sisters and me all grabbed brooms and shovels and took to the fields and started swinging, vowing to beat ’em off if we had to.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney

The talent pool there is so deep, France probably could have fielded a B team in this World Cup and made it to the quarterfinals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

One group, the Monster Raving Loony Party, has fielded candidates for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

England fielded well, and the work of Curran and Jacks between the 15th and 19th overs was vital.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

When Alexander Hamilton praised the “unequaled spirit of enterprise,” he was describing a country that fielded more than 4,000 merchant ships and not a single Navy warship.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

He and his wife indulged every photographer and cheerfully fielded calls from reporters at any time, day or night.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Storage Sale: Across Silicon Valley, startup founders are enjoying a wave of computing credits and fielding competing offers from AI-model makers racing to land new enterprise customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

And fielding a question from Newsbeat about outfits, the DJ confirmed his wife Bella "took a few dresses" but he wore the same suit from when he spoke at Long Boi's funeral.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Across Silicon Valley, startup founders like Ibarra are enjoying a wave of computing credits and fielding competing offers from AI-model makers racing to land new enterprise customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Entering this weekend’s series against the Padres, he had a fielding run value of plus-five runs, tied with the Giants’ Matt Chapman for the highest mark among third basemen, according to Statcast.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

The next game was the longest ever played in the history of the World Series—over three hours of hard hitting and fielding and running at Ebbets Field.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord




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