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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

When healthy, scouts said, he can be the lob threat and defender that Doncic yearns to have.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026

Ah, let's just lob the whole trip in the bin.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

He wasn’t really counting the number of shots he swatted — “one or two” — or lobs he dunked — “like four probably” — in his official Lakers practice debut Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

“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

Hennessey lobs the ball back to Cala, and as the LXT batter repositions herself, I use my fingers to signal my suggested pitch: rising curve, outside edge.

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone

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

California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton dove deep into his housing platform and lobbed a few attacks at his Democratic opponent, Xavier Becerra, during a town hall with Los Angeles news outlets Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Rival Stripe and private-equity firm Advent International had lobbed an offer to buy all of PayPal valued at about $60.50 a share.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

His returns were often unorthodox and he was fond of a lobbed service return to unsettle opponents.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Jeremiah scored again, and late in the second half, Bien lobbed a cross across the face of the goal.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

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

“The RSF can’t project force any other way right now, so they’re lobbing drones like aerial IEDs,” said Nathaniel Raymond, executive director of the Humanitarian Research Lab at the Yale School of Public Health.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

And McLean capped the evening off by lobbing Denmark goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel from inside his own half, having come off the bench to replace the injured Ben Gannon-Doak in the first half.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025

Below, the coach started lobbing fungoes into the field.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker