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volley

[vol-ee] / ˈvɒl i /


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Representatives for Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotels Group and Loews hotel chains, all targeted in the first volley of lawsuits, did not respond to requests for comment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Tennis matches are creeping longer as high-endurance modern players pummel each other from the baseline and the time-efficient serve and volley goes the way of the Betamax.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Morgan Rogers: Opened the scoring with a first-time volley after just two minutes.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Calvin Miller's volley very nearly secured them the win only for Nenad Cvetkovic to level for Rapid on 119 minutes.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

His hands had to be seriously burned from blocking the first volley.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan

Two tanker ships were attacked off the coast of Oman on Monday, in the latest volleys in the area.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

Now he’s gone dark, deleting his X.com account after exchanging volleys with a radio reporter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

He has plenty of venom in his groundstrokes and his nimbleness around the court means he is able to spring forward to finish points with volleys at the net.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The mixed performance comes as Israel and Iran exchanged volleys of fire, renewing tensions in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

His serve was graceful and forcibly delivered, as were his return volleys.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Up for a fight at home to Arsene Wenger's Gunners, Garry Thompson volleyed the Bantams ahead before Thomas Vermaelen headed home a Santi Cazorla cross with just two minutes of normal time remaining.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

After one troll asked him, “Are you a boy or a girl?” he volleyed back: “My dad is a boy and my mom is a girl. So I’m mixed xx.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Betis had more of the ball in an otherwise even first half before Ruibal volleyed them ahead after 57 minutes.

From Barron's ● Jan. 17, 2026

There are cameos by visiting celebrities, such as tennis great Roger Federer, with whom he volleyed a few balls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

Huge trees were bent by furious blasts of wind, branches broke, thunder volleyed, and crazy shafts of lightning zigzagged in the dark, steamy sky.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

The forward rounded off an excellent night by volleying home Matteo Ruggeri's cross with three minutes to go.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

And so, on a black Christmas night, with sleet volleying into their faces, columns of men struggled through some of the most inhospitable fields to ever yield up a victory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

“And then when they were volleying, I feel like you could hear a burger flip in the kitchen.”

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2024

This summer, she plans to begin shooting the third seasons of those latter two series, volleying from one to the other.

From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

It was dark here in front: only the bright door sent ten square feet of light volleying out into the soft black morning.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald


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