shag
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Working together, the couple removed the shag carpeting and wood paneling from the first floor and the stairway, installing drywall in their place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 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
The fulcrum of a cultural transition from vibrancy to stagnation was the 1970s, an era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
There is good news for some of the seabirds that breed in the UK, with the shag moving from the red list to the amber and the black guillemot from the amber to the green.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2024
“Hey, Joey,” Skeezie says as he turns on Joe’s lava lamp and we settle in on the lime green shag carpet.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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
He ran, shagged flyballs and was expected to hit before the game.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
In the 1960s, caddies shagged balls for their players during range sessions.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 8, 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
And then Joe Pepitone got up and Doug and I shagged balls in the outfield.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
Cubs: OF Cody Bellinger is taking batting practice and shagging balls in the outfield, and he’ll continue to ramp up his baseball activity before a probable rehab stint in the minors.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Elsewhere, parent Catalina Varela, who’s stopped by after work, calls to a kid shagging balls on first base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
A few minutes later, he saw infield duo CJ Abrams and Luis García shagging flyballs.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
He played catch early and then hung out in the outfield with his fellow starting pitchers, shagging balls from batting practice and having casual conversations.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Mariners: CF Kyle Lewis is shagging flyballs and ramping up his baseball activities as he works back from a torn right meniscus that has sidelined him since June 1.
From Fox News ● Aug. 24, 2021
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