curve ball
Example Sentences
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Whatever curve ball is coming — and as sure as night follows day, there will be another — you have to be ready to roll with it.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
After six gruelling hours underwater, Rosemary is nearing the end of her spacewalk test – but then she's thrown a curve ball.
From BBC • May 14, 2025
No doubt, the renewed selloff throws a curve ball at bond investors, who have been disappointed so far after last year's record 13% losses.
From Reuters • Jul. 7, 2023
With an 11th-hour curve ball that would surely make Logan Roy smirk, “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong revealed the drama’s upcoming fourth season will be its last.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2023
There were no fireworks at all When Adam was a boy; No one could pitch a drop curve ball When Adam was a boy.
From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 1 March 1906 by Various
