fielding
Example Sentences
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“It was a beautiful day, and I decided I’m going to walk in the park, and I spent two hours on the phone” fielding back-to-back-to-back phone calls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Salisbury agreed, adding that axis members are also able to call on the pool of knowledge shared among them; experience fielding weapons in one theater can inform fighting in another.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
In terms of fielding performance by the team, it is hard to quantify other than via the percentage of dropped catches - though Stokes' teams famously hunted down even lost causes to the boundary.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He condemned the other parties for not fielding candidates, saying it was "disrespectful to Clacton".
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Colonel sat on the couch judging whether the poster was level and fielding my endless questions about Alaska.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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