shag
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A youngster sprang from the grass, running toward its mother, draped in what looked like a roomy shag carpet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 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
The fulcrum of a cultural transition from vibrancy to stagnation was the 1970s, an era remembered now, if at all, for leisure suits, burnt-orange shag carpeting and muttonchop sideburns.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
The floor and the walls of the garage were covered in green shag carpet.
From "Raymie Nightingale" by Kate DiCamillo
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 ran, shagged flyballs and was expected to hit before the game.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 9, 2021
Golfers in those days provided their own practice balls and their caddies shagged them for the player.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 2, 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
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
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
Arozarena had entertained during batting practice, shagging flies in left while wearing a sombrero and cowboy boots.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
A few minutes later, he saw infield duo CJ Abrams and Luis García shagging flyballs.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023
He played catch early and then hung out in the outfield with his fellow starting pitchers, shagging balls from batting practice and having casual conversations.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
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