hoop

Example Sentences

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They watched Caden hoop with Crean Lutheran fighting for a spot in the Open Division playoff field, as there’s interest in having him join his older brother on the Wildcats’ football team.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

I can go hoop with anybody,’” BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa, a top NBA draft prospect, explained in a 2024 podcast interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Four times in a matter of three minutes, Smith attacked the hoop, carrying the weight of USC’s weeks-long slump on her shoulders as she did.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Indiana leapt through every hoop, every ranking, every road game, every skeptical Yeah but have they done this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

I shot the ball through the hoop again and again, trying hard not to think about Newcharlie, about his broke-looking face and that dog he'd found that time.

From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson