shag

My wife absolutely loves the full shag carpeting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

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

The lounge at Rosie’s restaurant was filled with overstuffed chairs, couches, and shag carpet, all in dust-covered browns, oranges, and yellows.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

As Team USA ran through its first World Baseball Classic workout, Kershaw participated in pitchers’ fielding practice and shagged fly balls during batting practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

He had visited Camden Yards only once previously — many years ago, he shagged fly balls during batting practice while accompanying his father, then an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

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

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 2, 2019

Later he shagged balls in the outfield with the rest of the pitchers.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2018

And then Joe Pepitone got up and Doug and I shagged balls in the outfield.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

Then-Dodgers infielder Justin Turner added of Ireton: “Everything he does is the max. He’s out there power shagging, trying to make plays and slide catches. It’s been fun to have him on the team.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024

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

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

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