curveball
Example Sentences
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However, the developer threw a Ye-style curveball of his own in 2025, when he opted to list the partially completed home for $39 million, eventually reducing that price to $34.9 million.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026
"That's completely unexpected, what a curveball, I've been totally played."
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
In September, however, the same 6-3 majority threw another curveball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025
But the government shutdown threw her — and thousands of other travelers — a massive curveball this week.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
When Matt Cain pitched a curveball, twenty balls flew across twenty screens.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
