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basketball

[bas-kit-bawl, bah-skit-] / ˈbæs kɪtˌbɔl, ˈbɑ skɪt- /
NOUN
team sport
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You only need to look over at college basketball, where March Madness is the main event, and the regular season is a highly optional viewing experience, like a Tom Cruise Oscar film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

President of basketball operations Rob Pelinka said before the season that he and Redick wanted to intentionally build a cast of role players who could pass, dribble and shoot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

They baked cupcakes, made West African food, played pool and had a go at basketball.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

He proudly showed off the metal sign he just bought, marked "Penn Station," the subway stop for Madison Square Garden -- the arena where his beloved Knicks basketball team plays.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

I try to keep the anger out of my words, but that’s like trying to play basketball without a hoop.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

Not that Hudson herself isn’t juggling a number of metaphorical basketballs at all times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

His peers could dunk basketballs and had mustaches; he was in eighth grade but had barely hit puberty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2024

There were footballs and basketballs lying all over the place, and boys sliding down the banister and leaping over tables and talking with their mouths full and interrupting everyone with endless questions.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech


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