balls

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Asked about Valdez, Bis said law enforcement deployed chemical irritants including pepper balls, but not rubber bullets, after agitators attempted to breach the perimeter at Glass House Farms.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Across the city in a suburb of Beirut, kitchen shelves were stacked with sauces and tins crowded the walls as volunteers prepared green beans and fried rice balls.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Playing in baking hot conditions, Raducanu looked laboured as she planted balls into the net and struggled to keep up with Sierra's powerful baseline game.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Outfielders Rodriguez, Jack Iafrate and Jessie Olmos combined to catch seven fly balls.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

Two drummers were leaned against canoes, their drums held fast between their ankles, hitting alternately with the balls of their palms and the flats of their hands—Low, high; low, low, high, went the beat.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo