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His high-profile targets went on to include the future French president Nicolas Sarkozy in 1997 -- although in that case he had an accomplice lob the actual pie for fear of being recognised.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

Where one sees an opportunity to hit a lob wedge, another will hit a bump-and-run.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Adou Thiero ran the court, took a lob pass from Chris Mañon and threw down a two-handed dunk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

With Centre Court still reeling from Gauff's scarcely believable miss, the tables turned quickly and Muchova brought up her first match point with a perfectly placed lob that left Gauff stranded at the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Instead of using did in a question or a negative statement, they often prefer these forms: Used Andre to have a great lob?

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

There's actually two Spurs players on the line and he still lobs it into the goal.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

He then dominated the tie-break, capitalising on a run of backhand errors from Alcaraz and executing a couple of pinpoint lobs, to seal the first set.

From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025

“We’re trying to figure out some stuff for lobs and all that,” Dent said, “but we’re getting it down a lot.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025

The Lakers see Ayton as a lob threat alongside Doncic, which worked well in Phoenix when Chris Paul was throwing lobs to Ayton when they reached the NBA Finals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2025

JB lobs the ball, I rise like a Learjet— seventh-graders aren’t supposed to dunk.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

James showed flashes of quality and nonchalantly lobbed goalkeeper Fafailia Petaloti from 30 yards in the first half, but her effort was ruled out for offside.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Their comments, in many ways, sought to address the criticism that has been lobbed at the museum since it held its press preview a few weeks back.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Warsh, who has proposed fewer annual Fed meetings and dispensing with regular news conferences entirely, flew through the queries lobbed by reporters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

USC coach Lincoln Riley said criticism of the Trojan’s home opener crowd is being lobbed by people who haven’t been to games at the Coliseum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

The raven cawed again, ignoring the treats being lobbed at it.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

Nicknamed "the Glooper" for his cries of "Gloop! Gloop!" after each strike, Godin spent more than three decades lobbing pies at rich and famous targets he felt needed bringing down a notch.

From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026

But so far she hasn’t stumped for him, instead lobbing veiled criticisms of Talarico’s efforts to win over Black voters.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

By summer 1895, students were lobbing small balls into waste paper baskets perched upon poles on the lawn of a new Dartford talent factory: Madame Bergman Osterberg's Physical Training College.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

One video, which his campaign said neither he nor formal surrogates made, portrayed him as Batman lobbing tomatoes at Bass, who was dressed as the Joker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

He’s lobbing a ball to a kid beneath the broken hoop.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes