carry the ball
Example Sentences
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“I might have to carry the ball some,” Riley quipped during NBC’s broadcast.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025
Botterman's scrummaging has improved under Mitchell to earn a regular starting spot, but it is her ability to make turnovers and carry the ball into heavy traffic that are her foremost strengths.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2025
He’s able to carry the ball 29, 28, 27 times.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024
Yes he was explosive, but he also possessed technique as well as vision and delighted with his ability to carry the ball in attack.
From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023
Since Dad went to church only if one of us was being christened—in other words, about once a year—Mother had to carry the ball when it came to enrolling us in Sunday school.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
