basketball
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Meanwhile, every village in the Philippines has a basketball court that is easily converted into a beauty pageant runway, and boxing gyms run by prizefighters are spread across major cities.
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
The property includes a lodge, a teepee, a basketball court, a number of ponds and creeks, and several hunting areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The baton was finally passed to professional basketball player Kieron Achara, who handed it to the King.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Amid concern that kids playing in the streets would get hit by cars, Los Angeles made it a misdemeanor to play baseball, basketball, soccer or any other ball game on a street or sidewalk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
I check the basketball out and head to the hoop.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Other sports have made accommodations for female body types, such as lower sprint hurdles in athletics or lighter and smaller basketballs.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
She has seen the video evidence of the two of them, both still in kindergarten, launching basketballs over their heads at the backboard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2025
There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
When I finally got into the dance room with the other guys, we turned up the music and did our best to drown out the reverberations of the many basketballs hitting the floor.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
