curveball
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For the next four pitches, he alternated between his four-seam fastball and off-speed pitches — first his changeup and then curveball.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Dhiraj Narula, U.S. rates analyst at HSBC, pointed out that the Fed’s aggressive posture regarding the possibility of a rate hike had thrown markets a bit of a curveball.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
But in the outskirts of Boston on Saturday, it could be Steve Clarke who is about to hurl one almighty curveball that even Babe Ruth would struggle to read.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Ueda’s Absence: Another curveball for already-jittery markets came when the BOJ said Ueda had been hospitalized and would miss next week’s meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
His curveball wasn’t curving, his sinker wasn’t sinking, his knuckler wasn’t knuckling.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
And relationships face so much stress — everyone is being hit by all these curveballs and trying to keep your head above water — how can you enjoy each other?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
To be fair, they have been thrown some major curveballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
You are, understandably, reeling from past marital financial curveballs.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 12, 2026
All he did was set the Say Hey Kid down swinging — on three straight curveballs.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
