hoop

Example Sentences

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But now I bet you want to see Bronny come into the game to hoop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

I can go hoop with anybody,’” BYU freshman AJ Dybantsa, a top NBA draft prospect, explained in a 2024 podcast interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

At least as many people will probably remember her ability to throw a basketball through a hoop while facing in the opposite direction which she did while visiting a cross-community scheme on Wednesday.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2026

Indiana leapt through every hoop, every ranking, every road game, every skeptical Yeah but have they done this.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Nighthand leaped heavily onto the dock and used his good arm to loop the boat’s rope around a hoop set into the stone.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell