curveball
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Talk about inspiration: It was as if Clayton Kershaw had seen a kid throw a curveball and said, “Not bad.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
I never expected life to throw me this curveball.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Every time critics throw her a curveball, she smacks it to the opposite field and gets on base, ready to grind her way to a win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
A packed Commons chamber, with curveball questions, hostile opposition politicians and the biggest TV and online audience of the week will be a world away from his nine years as Mayor of Greater Manchester.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The Mud Hens had a roster slot, and the scout had a notion to fill it with the pitcher with the wicked curveball, name of Earl Grayson.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
They wanted to include the type of curveballs that were crucial to the DNA of their other legal dramas into this setting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“Can’t wait to see him trade home runs for heel leads and curveballs for cha-cha-cha,” Hough wrote on Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
“There’s going to be all sorts of curveballs thrown at you, sometimes faster than you hope,” Joly said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
All he did was set the Say Hey Kid down swinging — on three straight curveballs.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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