hoop

Example Sentences

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Crystal Nerone has made repeated trips to the one-stop center to understand in advance every hoop they’ll have to jump through.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale got their start in 1872 selling hoop skirts, corsets and other women’s fashions on New York’s Lower East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

At the bitter end of a brutal January, Kennedy Smith put her head down, determined to get to the hoop.

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

Every time we get to a new town we cruise into whatever shopping center there is and ask random people to make a small donation to help our hoop squad.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña