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Were the Dallas Mavericks banking on lob threat Derrick Jones Jr. — on a minimum contract — being a catalyst for their run to the 2024 NBA Finals?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026

“No one has a right to lob unfounded accusations without a response. Director Patel, as well as any Trump administration official, has a right to defend themselves,” the FBI said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Adou Thiero ran the court, took a lob pass from Chris Mañon and threw down a two-handed dunk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

With Centre Court still reeling from Gauff's scarcely believable miss, the tables turned quickly and Muchova brought up her first match point with a perfectly placed lob that left Gauff stranded at the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Instead of using did in a question or a negative statement, they often prefer these forms: Used Andre to have a great lob?

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

There's actually two Spurs players on the line and he still lobs it into the goal.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The 41-year-old James put on a show, throwing down lobs for dunks, drawing cheers and applause from the fans inside Capital One Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026

He then dominated the tie-break, capitalising on a run of backhand errors from Alcaraz and executing a couple of pinpoint lobs, to seal the first set.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

“We’re trying to figure out some stuff for lobs and all that,” Dent said, “but we’re getting it down a lot.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025

JB lobs the ball, I rise like a Learjet— seventh-graders aren’t supposed to dunk.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

Ismael Saibari's lobbed finish was gorgeous and too much for Liverpool's Alisson.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Critics say the danger faced by agents whose names are made public is overblown, almost always limited to harsh and violent words lobbed from behind a laptop or phone screen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026

I was a fresh-faced high school senior, living out the prime of my teenage youth in an increasingly progressive world where fundamentalist doomsday prophecies were lobbed around in jest.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

Hall then lobbed the game-winning touchdown pass to Mason Taylor at the back of the end zone in the final minutes to set up victory.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025

He picked up a round purple stone and lobbed it into the water.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

But so far she hasn’t stumped for him, instead lobbing veiled criticisms of Talarico’s efforts to win over Black voters.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

By summer 1895, students were lobbing small balls into waste paper baskets perched upon poles on the lawn of a new Dartford talent factory: Madame Bergman Osterberg's Physical Training College.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Tennis for those of us who are not professional players is a loser’s game, and we can win simply by lobbing the ball back to our opponents until they make unforced errors.

From MarketWatch ● May 11, 2026

The bidding war stretched 20 minutes before a different anonymous collector bidding over the telephone and lobbing bids in multimillion-dollar increments eventually won the work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

“Not doing nothing!” cackled Peeves, lobbing a water bomb at several fifth-year girls, who screamed and dived into the Great Hall.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling