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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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A Scarborough bed and breakfast owner has said businesses like his will face an "uneven playing field" if a so-called tourist tax is introduced in North Yorkshire but not in neighbouring East Yorkshire.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

Lake recounted an exchange later in the day when he walked onto the field and embraced Donald.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

Molesworth—who was influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, attended the Art Institute of Chicago and brought the cowboy into the living room—was the Frank Lloyd Wright of his field, as someone says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Senegal launched production at its first offshore oil field in 2024.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

I was the first in the field and I have the right to expose it.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The “biohack” begins at the BioCharger’s base, where a large coil creates pulsed electromagnetic fields.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

"Excited gluonic fields are what could be in these mesons where you have more than just the quark-antiquark pair," said Justin Stevens, a William & Mary physics professor and the spokesperson for GlueX.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

A U.S.-backed company plans to deploy more than 50 drilling rigs as part of a development program covering 17 Venezuelan oil fields containing about 65 billion barrels of crude.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

BC Hydro estimates the island to be 9,800 square metres, or one hectare - roughly the size of one Canadian football field, or 1.5 American football fields.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

It takes several of these slow heartbeats for me to realize that this is one of the made fields around the human dens.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The Coastal Act and the agency that enforces it have fielded some fair criticism over the years from developers, homeowners and others.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The Nobel Prize in literature has always been highly Eurocentric, so it is odd that the Netherlands has never fielded a recipient.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Helming says he has fielded interest from companies that want to use his tunnel boring machine for power and fibre optic cables, or pipelines that could transport water, natural gas, or ammonia, for example.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The next inning, Wrobleski fielded a sacrifice bunt from Ryan Waldschmidt, but his throw to first was high and wide, allowing a run to score and putting Waldschmidt into scoring position.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

By the end of the Olympics, the Soviet Union, which had fielded one of the strongest teams ever, came in first and the United States eased into second.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

There are 85 high schools in LAUSD, with 69 fielding football programs.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

“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

"It made a massive difference to my fielding as well. I just think it was a vital area of my career so far that I've improved on and it's made a massive difference."

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

I learned the other reason they waited for a thunderstorm to play when Jasper, trying to avoid Edward’s infallible fielding, hit a ground ball toward Carlisle.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer




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