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hurley

[hur-lee] / ˈhɜr li /


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A splintered hurley, a couple of calls for a trainer, a few shoulder bumps, and then several scrums that seem incidental to the ball.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

They will cheer for neighbors, including 18-year-old Conor Whelan, who was on this very grass the night before, practicing and practicing his hurley moves, alone.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

What happens in that pursuit is a fearless athleticism of stops and starts, feints and sprints, bangs and bruises, all with the wide-ended hurley stick used to balance, swing and block.

From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2015

Only three years ago, he was a sportswriter's hope for all-Ireland goalkeeper in Ireland's rough-&-tumble game of hurley.

From Time Magazine Archive

Indeed, he half hoped that if it came to that, he might escape in the hurley.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by Morris, William




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