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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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“Actually being there, seeing the field, actually living it, that’s one thing he told me that night: I really want to be a professional.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Streamer IShowSpeed took to the field at the New York New Jersey Stadium first, alongside drummers and dancers in vibrant tracksuits.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The University of Cambridge consists of more than 30 colleges, which field crews of varying abilities to chase each other upstream.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

All eyes will also be on what Trump does on the field.

From Barron's Jul. 19, 2026

I am Maeve, I thought, remembering the day I had twirled over the rocks singing, with nothing to worry about, with Maggie still home and the potatoes growing green in the field.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

Their mission is not to explore but to extract what's left in known fields.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

The practice is more common in some fields than others.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Cyclosporiasis comes from food that’s gotten contaminated with human feces while being washed in fields or processing plants.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

The researchers also plan to adapt the tool for use in other scientific fields.

From Science Daily Jul. 16, 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

Her agency has fielded all sorts of parenting requests: providing equestrian nannies who travel to tournaments, baby chefs to prepare culturally specific purées for infants, personal stylists for the children.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

The talent pool there is so deep, France probably could have fielded a B team in this World Cup and made it to the quarterfinals.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

When he fielded it cleanly, Tucker shuffled back toward third base.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

As he fielded calls on Sunday, Trump told people on the other end of the line—including allies, journalists and Russian President Vladimir Putin—that the deal was imminent.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

He fielded some questions about insurance, from the Shaws and the insurance companies.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

In order to comply with La Liga’s strict limits on fielding players from outside the European Union, club president Joan Laporta had worked to secure Spanish passports for both Leo and his father, Jorge.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

In the labyrinthine alleyways of Cairo's Garbage City, recycling specialist Peter Romany finds himself fielding calls from factories scrambling for plastic to plug supply shortfalls caused by the Iran war.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

And fielding a question from Newsbeat about outfits, the DJ confirmed his wife Bella "took a few dresses" but he wore the same suit from when he spoke at Long Boi's funeral.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

Across Silicon Valley, startup founders like Ibarra are enjoying a wave of computing credits and fielding competing offers from AI-model makers racing to land new enterprise customers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

He was too busy fielding advice and criticism about kabob preparation from all the Bahrami men.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram




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