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How fitting that little black ball is rolling into this year’s award season as a juggernaut.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Kaepernick may not have thrown a ball in anger for almost a decade, but he is widely regarded as one of the most significant athletes in modern history.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The video shows Nevada skillfully dribbling the ball and scoring, before cutting to the preschool prodigy looking at the cops with confusion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Over their first six games of the season, some questioned whether two off-season surgeries had impacted on his ability to run the ball, which had been a valuable weapon for Denver.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

“I’ll rest, too,” he said, “and listen to the ball game.”

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

Opener Kamindu Mendis hit 62 not out from 60 balls to secure the rapid win.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

As we speak, Klena’s teammates continue to shag flies and ground balls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

"The first half is really what we want to be about - winning balls and the intensity."

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Nandika Suri, the new vice president of Southwest Airlines’ frequent flier program, brings homemade protein balls on the road with her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Baseballs are too small, soccer balls too heavy, but basketballs are just right.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The Chinese space effort, by contrast, is “all balled up—security, military, all together, all in one.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026

I balled my hands into fists and stretched my arms out and up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2025

Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.

From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023

And on the desk, near the room phone and a stamped envelope, a letter is balled up.

From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

My own hands, which seconds ago were balled up and ready to start swinging, dropped to my sides like a couple of overripe apples from a tree.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

"It's all dog, all the time," he said of Roscoe's balling talents.

From Barron's ● May 10, 2026

The firm renamed it Tropicana Brands Group, balling up other beleaguered beverage properties too, and packed it full of debt.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

They are local heroes in brilliant yellow who have risen from the brink of bankruptcy to balling like a frost-kissed Brazil.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

“More things that just never happened,” according to Lizzo, include the singer “cracking her knuckles, balling her fists” and launching perceived threats after Rodriguez announced her resignation, as the dancer alleged in the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024

One minute the boy was balling a baloney sandwich in his fist, and the next minute he was darting into the dining room, snatching a piece of lasagna out of the bus tub.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman