left-handed

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The left-handed batter struggled for form towards the end of last summer and hit just one half-century in 16 innings across all formats this winter.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Grindlinger is a left-handed 16-year-old pitcher who throws 93 to 95 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

A 66-run partnership ended when the left-handed Bethell on 32 helped a leg-side delivery from Oliver Davidson into the grateful hands of Brad Wheal at short fine leg.

From Barron's • Feb. 14, 2026

One professional, Isaac Rose-Berman, gives an example of his methods: He saw that left-handed servers in tennis, more often than not, win a point against right-handed opponents with weak backhands.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

My paper might as well have been covered in the etchings of an alien language, written left-handed while standing on my head.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge