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field

[feeld] / fild /




VERB
catch a hit or thrown object
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However, the company will benefit from revised tax assumptions and the development of the Katlan project in the Karish gas field offshore Israel, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Except he’s already famous in the track and field world.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2026

"We do not want officers in the field to work with limitations," he said in a statement to AFP.

From Barron's Sep. 6, 2026

Flock does not disclose how many cameras it has in the field, but Texas is estimated to have the second most in the nation, after California.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

“About what the inside of the Academy jail looks like? Because we know that one already. Remember our field trip three years ago?”

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Poisoned by the overwhelmingly toxic culture of time, the film’s downward-punching humor is as radioactive as its future’s fallow fields.

From Salon Sep. 6, 2026

These devices rely on powerful magnetic fields to confine a plasma: an electrically charged gas often called the fourth state of matter.

From Science Daily Sep. 6, 2026

Some of the fields it now controls were previously operated by Chinese companies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

He told The Sun that he believed the sheep were worth more than £2,000 at market, and added that he was worried some in other fields of his farm may have also been stolen.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Our fields overflowing with vegetables that feed us through the year, the gentle clucking of the hens.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

In their victory at Ipswich on Friday night, Liverpool fielded three players, Alexander Isak, Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz, who each cost more than £100m.

From BBC Sep. 5, 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

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

“I watched Mrs. Malvolio last night. Her mouth was hanging open the whole time you fielded all those questions. Can I be honest with you, Jake?”

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

On a typical day, Barton spends hours fielding texts and calls from contacts in think tanks, legislatures, Congress and the White House, his son Tim said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

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

From BBC Aug. 22, 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

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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