hoop
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It was run by a man in his early 40s with a single gold hoop and a tight gray bun.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
In her song Wi$h Li$t, from her last album, Swift fantasised about settling down with Kelce, sketching out an idyllic future in which they have "a couple kids" and "a driveway with a basketball hoop".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Hilton then revealed there is even a basketball hoop inside the “doggy mansion,” as her son joined his sister in claiming the home for his own, stating: “This is my house, too.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026
And, yes, one showed the incident with parade security, along with the caption “I hoop bro I swear” and four laughing-until-crying emojis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
“Yeah, Moss,” said Shamika, grinning, her hoop earrings catching the streetlights and sparkling.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
The ride was constructed last year using repurposed farm materials, including strawberry polytunnel hoops and an old tipper lorry trailer.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Others decried a hiring environment in which job seekers have to jump through even more hoops just to get a foot in the door.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
One instance of enforcement occurred in 2006, when a former city council field deputy reported her Sherman Oaks neighbors for having basketball hoops near their curbs, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The change removes some administrative hoops, said Frank Bisignano, CEO at the IRS.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
My school has a chain-link fence and concrete where I ran and played hoops.
From "Ghost Boys" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
At the dojo on a recent Tuesday, Blanck hooped and hollered as Eden climbed a rope to the ceiling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
Stripes, hooped and halved were as adventurous as designs got.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
"Yoooooo, I thought you was left-handed from how you hooped," a beady-eyed boy named Kareem chuckled, hold- ing a perfectly twisted piece of paper.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2022
They explored the extensive grounds, hula hooped on the lawn, and played volleyball.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2021
The dressmaker with her frilly, colorful creations draped on hooped wire, the overstuffed emporiums and their wonderland of goods, the rival general stores on either side of Main Street.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Rasheed Smith, a Venice basketball player who played in the Legends game Sunday, has been hooping on the boardwalk for 48 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025
In the next over, he got through Duckett's flashing drive with a hooping in-swinger and, in the the next, pinned an unbalanced Root leg before.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2024
He reveals that he sprained it while hula hooping and he even shows photos.
From Salon ● Dec. 14, 2023
“He’s a great competitor. I like going against him. And he was hooping tonight for sure. He shot the ball exceptionally well and kept them in the game,” James said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
I sometimes hated hooping with Vega because he always liked to check too hard, but when you checked him he would start whining.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
