shag

A youngster sprang from the grass, running toward its mother, draped in what looked like a roomy shag carpet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

They spread poster boards across the cream-colored shag rug, shook up their paint pens and started to craft their messages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025

Her black hair was cut in a shag.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Nico shagged flies during batting practice at Comerica Park and spent time in clubhouses much like his dad did as a teen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

The Blackhawks tied it when Khaira shagged the puck off a bank pass, skated into the zone and fired a wrist shot far side and under Lehner’s right arm at 4:38 of the second.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 8, 2022

Golfers in those days provided their own practice balls and their caddies shagged them for the player.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 2, 2019

A ballboy named Brady and three others that looked like they shared the name shagged flat jumpers for George 45 minutes before tip Wednesday, as onlookers stood by.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017

We ran past other junior high schools and got jeered at by baseball players who warmed up with a couple of sprints and then shagged balls the rest of the afternoon.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

After three lazy popups to begin batting practice, Ohtani walloped a long home run to right field, so deep a coach shagging fly balls simply turned and watched it sail over the fence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025

“Obviously it’s still fun to play in All-Star Games. But when you have the joy of him coming and shagging balls and stuff like that. To see their faces, that’s what makes it fun.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024

Arozarena had entertained during batting practice, shagging flies in left while wearing a sombrero and cowboy boots.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

A few minutes later, he saw infield duo CJ Abrams and Luis García shagging flyballs.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

The South Florida players get the chance to interact with big leaguers and are displaying extra enthusiasm while shagging batting practice.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022