dribble
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“This is an industrial area, and there’s plenty of stuff around to catch fire,” he said, sidestepping a dribble of oily water.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
When teams have instead focused on O'Reilly's central attacking position, Doku has then relished the chance to dribble past a single defender before dangerously cutting the ball back to his team-mates.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
Overall the Lakers committed 21 more turnovers, giving up 26 points off the mistakes while paying dearly for every errant dribble or misfired pass against the swarming Thunder defenders.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
For Bayern's second goal against Madrid, Olise's direct dribble, with Gnabry and Luis Diaz running in behind, pushed Real Madrid back.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
They’d been drained only a week before Gus died—I watched the amber cancer water dribble out of me through the tube— and yet already they felt full again.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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