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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

“No one has a right to lob unfounded accusations without a response. Director Patel, as well as any Trump administration official, has a right to defend themselves,” the FBI said in a statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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

Using both hands, she made a weak underhanded lob toward her father.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

The rally - full of extraordinary drop shots, lobs and smashes - will take some beating this year.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 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

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

She lobs something toward me, and I grab what turns out to be a bundle of brand-new markers in rainbow colors, held together with a fat rubber band.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

But as the Canadian prime minister was talking, Trump, frustrated with a technical issue that prevented him from chiming in, lobbed the device over the Resolute Desk and onto the floor, an official present said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

Ismael Saibari's lobbed finish was gorgeous and too much for Liverpool's Alisson.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

Bianco also obliquely referred to attacks Hilton has lobbed against the sheriff on the campaign trail.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

I was a fresh-faced high school senior, living out the prime of my teenage youth in an increasingly progressive world where fundamentalist doomsday prophecies were lobbed around in jest.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

He picked up his little foam basketball and lobbed some hook shots into the net hanging from the back of his door.

From "Wringer" by Jerry Spinelli

It’s easy to be the candidate lobbing criticisms, or even the defense lawyer arguing the facts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

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

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

“So…,” Nine said, digging an old raisin from the heap and lobbing it into Clare’s wagon.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman