shag

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

She appeared at our interview with opaque cat eye sunglasses and her signature shag haircut stylishly mussed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

Despite deep cleaning, the shag carpet still smelled like cigar smoke and bacon grease.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

He had visited Camden Yards only once previously — many years ago, he shagged fly balls during batting practice while accompanying his father, then an outfielder for the St. Louis Cardinals.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2022

Nico shagged flies during batting practice at Comerica Park and spent time in clubhouses much like his dad did as a teen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2022

Golfers in those days provided their own practice balls and their caddies shagged them for the player.

From Golf Digest ● Sep. 2, 2019

Later he shagged balls in the outfield with the rest of the pitchers.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2018

We ran past other junior high schools and got jeered at by baseball players who warmed up with a couple of sprints and then shagged balls the rest of the afternoon.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

In the next city, Cincinnati, Roberts spent an afternoon in left field with him while he was shagging fly balls during batting practice.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Not even teenagers yet, Ebel’s sons would be taking ground balls and shagging in the outfield during batting practice before the start of Dodger games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2025

Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Tellez was shagging fly balls in the outfield Saturday and got his finger stuck in the padding of the center field wall.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023

Other times, he will sit down with one after the pitchers come in from their warmups after shagging flyballs.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2022

White Sox: Velasquez was placed on the 10-day IL after straining his left groin while shagging balls in the outfield Wednesday.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2022