ball
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The ex-Manchester City forward, 40, found the net late in the first half but the goal was disallowed as the ball went out of play in the build-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The two combine naturally, managing tempo and sharing the responsibility for circulating the ball.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
The first half ended in a 7-7 tie as both teams struggled to move the ball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“We need to do a better job of tracking the ball, judging the ball, fielding the ball when necessary, not fielding it in other situations,” Ventrone told reporters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
“The county,” Katherine snorted, giving the ball a hard shove toward Jonah.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The fearless teenager, who topped the IPL batting charts this year, smoked a whirlwind 38 off 21 balls with six fours and two enormous sixes before falling to a thick edge caught at backward point.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
It taps into humanity’s most ancient, addictive comedic truth, which is that some dude getting hit in the balls is hilarious.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
When Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson and Jamie Overton fell, Buttler re-emerged with 27 now needed from 14 balls and witnessed Will Jacks fall for 52 at the non-striker's end.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
He starts a fire with cotton balls and Neosporin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Natalie crawled inside anyway, squeezing in between beach balls and Styrofoam coolers and pool noodles that floated in the floodwater.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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
“That’s my life and my creativity balled into this thing called music. It’s personal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2024
That song, a hushed balled called Who I Am, will open his new album, Shawn, when it is released in October.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2024
Workers balled up bread for bait and threw lines over the side of the platform.
From Slate ● Dec. 16, 2023
Walking down the hall, I keep my head in my hoodie, my hands balled into fists in the pockets.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
"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
“I was balling in Maryland but I wasn’t getting the looks I needed so I wanted to show I can ball on both sides of the country,” said Torres, son of head coach Joe Torres.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
At the far end, by the library office, a couple of boys were balling up paper and lobbing it over onto other boys’ heads, then ducking down and laughing.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
