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beach ball

British  

noun

  1. a large light brightly coloured ball for playing with on a beach

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Before his Nov. 25, 2020, death by a heart attack, Maradona’s belly had swollen like a beach ball, and his heart was covered in fat and blood clots.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 16, 2026

Past highlights of the festival include “Parasite” filmmaker Bong Joon Ho spiking a beach ball into the audience or Arnold Schwarzenegger arm-wrestling a 9-year-old boy, outrageous moments that won’t happen anywhere else.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2025

Schulz introduced him by having Franklin return Charlie Brown’s wayward beach ball one day by the sea.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

He said they ranged in size from "maybe the size of a dinner plate to maybe a beach ball - there were really some good-sized ones".

From BBC Jun. 22, 2023

The man, who was as bald as a beach ball, introduced himself as Curly.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

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