curveball
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I never expected life to throw me this curveball.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
He fouled off Snell’s fastball, changeup, curveball and slider.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
But a scheduling curveball this year is shaking up the routine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 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
Still, I knew that Major League pitching needed more than just speed; control and a good curveball had to be there too.
From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson
They wanted to include the type of curveballs that were crucial to the DNA of their other legal dramas into this setting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
He threw three straight curveballs to Carrigg, bouncing the first and last in the dirt, and Carrigg swung at all three.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Against curveballs and sliders, that number plummets to .220.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.
From BBC ● May 19, 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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