ball game

Example Sentences

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Selling homes is a whole different ball game, and you have to bring something to the table.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

“Emotional. I’m spent emotionally. We got a ball game later tonight, which is crazy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Because I think if we fall short of that, that’s the end of the ball game.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025

That, to be blunt, is the whole ball game.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025

Over the family’s meager supper, he and his father talked about the Durham Bulls’ latest victory and C.P. managed to wheedle a promise from his father to take him to the next ball game.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson