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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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The discovery was made by students taking a field course taught by Waters and Charles Cobb, curator of historical archaeology at the museum.

From Science Daily Aug. 22, 2026

Yabloko is still allowed to field dozens of candidates in regional elections happening in parallel with the national vote.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Reese finished a perfect 100% from the field, delivering 20 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The UN's most powerful body, the Security Council, meets Friday to hold another straw poll to gauge the popularity of a growing field of contenders to lead the embattled organization.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

We were to tiptoe through history like soldiers walking through a land-mine-riddled field where one misstep could cost you life and limb.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

They began life as civilians with interviews about their relationship with the royals before pivoting to new fields of interest, including media production and lifestyle, which now appears to Meghan's focus.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

On Tuesday, Hunt Oil, another U.S. wildcatter with a long history of working in far-off jurisdictions, signed a production-sharing agreement with Venezuela to help pump oil from two fields on the country’s eastern flank.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

In the village of Budry, cows and horses grazing in the rolling fields give little hint of the heavily militarised Kaliningrad exclave next door.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

She shared more of her incredible story: She’d been one of the first women, let alone Chinese American women, in the fields of investment banking and venture capital in the 1980s.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

In eight hours, he had managed to crawl, flop, and drag himself the length of two football fields.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

At Moonshot, Yang fielded calls from worried investors, including one who wanted to know why Yang had failed to foresee DeepSeek’s rise, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

For comparison, a New York Times/Siena poll of the Texas contest fielded in June, which found the overall result tied at 47%, found Talarico winning 5% of Republicans and only 4% unsure.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

Nauru has never fielded a team in an official international match and it has just one – hard sand – pitch.

From BBC Jul. 21, 2026

Throughout her fitness journey, Johannesmeyer, 35, has fielded criticism both from loved ones and on social media about her choice to dedicate time to running.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 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

Their batting was brittle, their bowling scattergun and their fielding shoddy.

From BBC Aug. 22, 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

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 had a knack for fielding and batting, but although he was fast, he wasn’t a particularly coordinated runner on the bases.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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