curveball
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“But if you dooooon’t …” Folger repeats the words like a pitcher caressing a verbal curveball she’s about to throw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
I never expected life to throw me this curveball.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
But only moments after the game's traitors were selected, a huge curveball was thrown when Richard E Grant did something no one has done on the show before.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Brian Jacobsen was heading into a meeting Wednesday when Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threw a major curveball at the U.S. bond market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
When Matt Cain pitched a curveball, twenty balls flew across twenty screens.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
Families who have lived in Big Sur for generations have come to expect their share of curveballs, particularly as climate change has accelerated rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
“There’s going to be all sorts of curveballs thrown at you, sometimes faster than you hope,” Joly said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Yamamoto reached into his five-pitch repertoire Saturday, mixing in six fastballs, eight splitters, five sinkers, four cutters, four curveballs and three sliders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026
All he did was set the Say Hey Kid down swinging — on three straight curveballs.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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