- present tense form of ball (3rd person singular).
balls
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Ackerman defended nicely for 38 balls but here he neither defended nor unleashed a drive.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Teams had to wipe down the balls after using them during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
Batted balls with that profile resulted in an eye-popping .538 batting average and 1.207 slugging percentage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
One thing in Markram's favour is he has now faced 313 balls from Australia's premier spinner Nathan Lyon in Tests and is yet to be dismissed.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
When he came back, he had a hammer, a jar of nails, a bag of cotton balls, a bottle of iodine, and some Band-Aids.
From "Fourth Grade Rats" by Jerry Spinelli
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