Example Sentences

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Specs can digitize a chess board, provide AR-guided training for shooting basketballs and even highlight the coolant reservoir under the hood of a car, according to videos and photos online.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 17, 2026

Other sports have made accommodations for female body types, such as lower sprint hurdles in athletics or lighter and smaller basketballs.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

There I was, dribbling basketballs like a Globetrotter, diving through inter-dimensional portals, riding on the back of a galloping dinosaur in an explosive train heist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

When viewed under a scanning electron microscope, the powder resembles tiny basketballs with billions of holes, said study leader Zihui Zhou, a materials chemist who is working on his PhD at UC Berkeley.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2024

Magic Johnson says as he shoots old bottles like basketballs into a faraway trash can.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick