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sinker

noun as in doughnut

Strongest matches

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I am a believer that you should not take the sentiment data hook, line, and sinker because we know that what a consumer says and what they do can sometimes be different things.

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He tinkered with new pitches, including a cutter and sinker, but still couldn’t execute his trademark splitter the way he wanted.

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But he had one of the best ground-ball rates in the sport thanks to a sinker he used more than ever before in his career.

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Pages came to the plate next, and swung through a first-pitch sinker.

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“It’s like the one pitch I can be late with, and it’s in the zone,” Glasnow said of his sinker, which he had thrown sparingly prior to getting hurt.

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