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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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Some of his team-mates were in tears as Messi admitted he did not want to leave the field.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Politely,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said, “I’ll say that when you’re asking today’s pitchers to field their position, that’s a lot for them.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I deeply wanted to gut it out for one more year; to take the field with my brothers for one last season,” Johnson said in a statement posted Tuesday on social media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

The measurements of the CDWs revealed modes that changed with temperature and magnetic field in the way expected for PDWs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

All the dogs in the field were howling for supper.

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

"A charge density wave is just a collective electronic state that is modulated in space, so there is no reason for them to respond to magnetic fields, let alone be destroyed by them," Madhavan said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Inside the black silhouette of a farmhouse, a pristine white washing machine appears at an almost monumental scale, set against flat fields of saturated color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Even the normally lush fields of Somerset withered in the heat.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Molecules that regulate sleep and appetite or methods for editing genes are some of the research fields commentators say could be contenders for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry announced Wednesday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

He asks the man if we can all spend the night in the fields.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

It has fielded drones that use onboard AI to identify targets and guide them in their final flight phase.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

There was no need for Brook to attempt a single that Hasaranga fielded in his follow-through, the bowler hitting direct with a throw at the non-striker's end.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

For over 30 years, the Ship Inn has fielded a team to take on visitors from across the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

In their victory at Ipswich on Friday night, Liverpool fielded three players, Alexander Isak, Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz, who each cost more than £100m.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

He fielded some questions about insurance, from the Shaws and the insurance companies.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

Frakes said Kermit did a fine job fielding questions for a couple of days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

“We need to do a better job of tracking the ball, judging the ball, fielding the ball when necessary, not fielding it in other situations,” Ventrone told reporters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

American actuators are also largely dependent on Japanese suppliers of certain gears, with China fielding those companies’ primary competition.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Poor Glamorgan fielding, with several dropped catches and a missed stumping, boosted Middlesex as Horley and Trussler put on 131 before the latter was stumped by Abbey Freeborn off the bowling of Eve Jackson.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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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