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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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Erling is doing things no one has ever done on the field before, but he’s also easy for a soccer novice to understand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

With one second left and the game almost being called by darkness, Palos Verdes kicker Niko Dragin attempted a 51-yard field goal that could have tied the score.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

Politics isn’t her first foray into a field where women are underrepresented.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2026

With overtaking difficult around Marina Bay, the field was static until the closing stages.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

I remembered Mam tossing hay in our field with Da one fall day.

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

U.S. and Venezuelan officials are pressing foreign companies to further develop offshore gas deposits and the fields in eastern Venezuela, which contain heavy, tar-like oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Yes, says life coach Yann Dang, who specialises in coaching senior women in male-dominated fields.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

"A charge density wave is just a collective electronic state that is modulated in space, so there is no reason for them to respond to magnetic fields, let alone be destroyed by them," Madhavan said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Inside the black silhouette of a farmhouse, a pristine white washing machine appears at an almost monumental scale, set against flat fields of saturated color.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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

Lubin said he’s fielded numerous calls from clients who have asked for his take on Amendment 3.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The visitors made 13 changes after beating New Zealand in Baltimore but still fielded a strong starting XV, which boasted 240 caps in the second row alone.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

It has fielded drones that use onboard AI to identify targets and guide them in their final flight phase.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026

For over 30 years, the Ship Inn has fielded a team to take on visitors from across the U.K.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

I hit a long one out to left field, and then a fast one to the shortstop, who fielded it neatly and whipped it to first.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok

Her appointment fills one of the White House's most visible positions, with the press secretary responsible for briefing journalists, fielding questions about administration policies and serving as a chief public defender of the president.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Frakes said Kermit did a fine job fielding questions for a couple of days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

American actuators are also largely dependent on Japanese suppliers of certain gears, with China fielding those companies’ primary competition.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

With runners on first and second, Yamamoto had a chance to contribute on defense, fielding Dustin Harris’ comebacker bunt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 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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