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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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The investment in the group’s longest-operating offshore field in Abu Dhabi comes as it grows its natural gas and liquefied natural gas portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

He was booed by the crowd during the national anthems and again when he took the field with Infantino after the game for the awards ceremony.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

He contrasts that with "more sophisticated methods in the past of our field" that "wouldn't be able to even start going for some of these three-dimensional problems, because they're so big."

From Science Daily Jul. 20, 2026

Lockheed Martin LMT -0.92%decrease; down pointing triangle said it would field a new and cheaper model of Patriot missile that could hit the battlefield faster, as global stockpiles of high-end interceptors dwindle.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

All the dogs in the field were howling for supper.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Some 20 football fields of exhibition space were filled with hardware trying to apply AI to everyday life, such as earbuds that listen to a meeting and produce a transcript.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Cyclosporiasis comes from food that’s gotten contaminated with human feces while being washed in fields or processing plants.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

The researchers also plan to adapt the tool for use in other scientific fields.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 2026

Most international students are enrolled in graduate level courses, especially those in the science and technology fields.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

We took the side road off Yellow Dog and headed up the hill, past fields tall with corn, aiming toward the farthest side of the ridge.

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

Nauru has never fielded a team in an official international match and it has just one – hard sand – pitch.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

The defense contractor says the new design could be fielded faster and cost less than half as much as its bestselling version.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

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

Tim Cook was under pressure from the White House last summer when he fielded an unusual request.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

The eighty-eight players in the First Canadian Open may have composed a stronger roster than had been fielded at the United States Open a few weeks earlier.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

In the labyrinthine alleyways of Cairo's Garbage City, recycling specialist Peter Romany finds himself fielding calls from factories scrambling for plastic to plug supply shortfalls caused by the Iran war.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

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

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

His fielding 'disco nights' have become a feature of this World Cup.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

With Richards a few feet away, happily fielding his invitation to the Santa Anita Turf Club Ball, the traditional party held to honor hundred- grander winners, Pollard was bombarded with harsh questions.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand




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