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ball

noun as in dance party

noun as in globe, sphere

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One of the kids had a ball in his hand, and Cuomo took it and tossed it back and forth to an eight year old.

Instead of going for the hole, I hit the ball directly into the water.

There is only sand, a white ball, and a flag indicating the hole.

If the ball gets in the hole, the screen shifts to reveal the next hole.

When the game starts, there is only sand, a white ball, a flag indicating hole 1, and a “0” at the top of the screen.

It was little better than coal dust, and would not carry a ball fifty paces to kill or wound.

A view of the duchess's ball-room, or of the dining-table of the earl, will supersede all occasion for lengthy fiddle-faddle.

He had not the least idea what wadding was, and his notion of a bullet was a dockyard cannon-ball bigger than his own head.

On the night of June the 11th a red-hot cannon-ball set fire to one of the barracks which was used as a hospital.

At two o'clock, the general of the Carnival opens the public ball with the Mugnaia.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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