curve ball
Example Sentences
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However, Belmont threw a Ye-style curve ball of his own earlier this year, when he opted to list the partially-completed home for $39 million, eventually reducing that price to $34.9 million.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
Her first album, Messy, was nominated for a Mercury prize - which she describes as "a pure curve ball".
From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2023
The People's Bank of China seems to like being enigmatic, throwing the market a curve ball as it fixed the yuan weaker against the dollar than many expected.
From Reuters ● Jun. 28, 2023
With an 11th-hour curve ball that would surely make Logan Roy smirk, “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong revealed the drama’s upcoming fourth season will be its last.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Some of the boys said that I gave the old bended-knee sign for a curve ball.
From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Christy Mathewson
