spinner
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For the home cooks: OXO is best known for revolutionizing the salad spinner, but it has also redesigned the garlic press, the can opener, the vegetable peeler … the list goes on.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
The short stuff, one over of spin, the second new-ball with the spinner.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Bouchier, who made 45 off 31 balls, inexplicably ran Dunkley out for 20 before also carelessly being caught off a short ball from spinner Kia McCartney.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Stand-in skipper Charlie Dean held things together with 2-44 but it was a tough outing for young left-arm spinner Tilly Corteen-Coleman, who bowled seven wicketless overs for 53 as the pitch offered little.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“Look, if anything happens to me or Boots, don’t let that spinner drink us. Toss us off the cliff, in a river, anything, okay?” he said.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
On this occasion the spinners took a backseat – Adil Rashid and Dawson sent down only four overs between them.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
There is a reasonable argument to suggest Dawson's presence gave England too many spinners in their XI.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
England will have to decide between spinners Rehan Ahmed and Shoaib Bashir, while McCullum suggested the switch between Stokes and Smith is likely.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
Jess Kerr ensured that batting nadir was avoided before she was snared by Issy Wong, but in truth it was England's spinners who appear key for what is to come later this summer.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
“The spinners are very sensitive to noise,” said Vikus.
From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins
