shag
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One of the pieces in the exhibition is an A-line shag mini dress in cheetah print that Saar made for herself in 1969, and has been passed through the hands of her daughters and granddaughters.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
They spread poster boards across the cream-colored shag rug, shook up their paint pens and started to craft their messages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
An era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns, it marked the passage from progress to reaction.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
Two huge beanbags rested atop the hot-pink shag rug that Twig’s mom hates but we love.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
As Team USA ran through its first World Baseball Classic workout, Kershaw participated in pitchers’ fielding practice and shagged fly balls during batting practice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026
He had visited Camden Yards only once previously — many years ago, he shagged fly balls during batting practice while accompanied his father, then an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
In the 1960s, caddies shagged balls for their players during range sessions.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 8, 2019
A ballboy named Brady and three others that looked like they shared the name shagged flat jumpers for George 45 minutes before tip Wednesday, as onlookers stood by.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 14, 2017
And then Danny got up and Horace Clarke pitched and Joe Pepitone and I shagged balls in the outfield.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
Then-Dodgers infielder Justin Turner added of Ireton: “Everything he does is the max. He’s out there power shagging, trying to make plays and slide catches. It’s been fun to have him on the team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2024
Cubs: OF Cody Bellinger is taking batting practice and shagging balls in the outfield, and he’ll continue to ramp up his baseball activity before a probable rehab stint in the minors.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Elsewhere, parent Catalina Varela, who’s stopped by after work, calls to a kid shagging balls on first base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
A few minutes later, he saw infield duo CJ Abrams and Luis García shagging flyballs.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
The South Florida players get the chance to interact with big leaguers and are displaying extra enthusiasm while shagging batting practice.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2022
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