hoop

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Kiki Rice dribbled to the hoop, deked and then put up a shot over the Toronto Tempo practice squad, crisp ombre blue-and-burgundy nails releasing the ball into the basket.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Artificial-intelligence startup Aaru’s first New York headquarters had a basketball hoop and a “rage room” where employees smashed tables with a hammer after coding failures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Brothers Joseph and Lyman Bloomingdale got their start in 1872 selling hoop skirts, corsets and other women’s fashions on New York’s Lower East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

If he’s not shooting 400 threes a day at practice, he’s in the backyard at home in Westchester shooting threes on a hoop, with his father feeding him passes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

Josie crowed beside him, launching a plastic basketball toward the hoop at the side of the pool.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix