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basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-] / ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /
NOUN
team sport
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The APR is one of Rwanda's top basketball teams and represented the country in the BAL in 2024 and 2025, when it came third.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

While speaking to People in 2024, Towns revealed that he adores Woods for always showcasing her support at his basketball games.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Bill Bedgood, who coached Giancarlo Stanton of the New York Yankees when he was an All-CIF basketball player at Sherman Oaks Notre Dame in 2007, supposedly retired from coaching after the 2023-24 season at Valencia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

The most remarkable thing about Doncic’s torrid start to the season isn’t merely what he’s doing with the basketball.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

He attended an informational meeting to find out about seventh-grade basketball tryouts.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

A couple of the pumpkins are the size of basketballs, with 10 or more smaller ones trying to catch up.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 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

Then another of the eight million basketballs free-ranging around the gym gets in between my feet and I realize I’m going to fall.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell


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