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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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Toughest assignment: It was engraving a globe-shaped trophy for the New York Yacht Club that was the size of a beach ball.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

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

The new Apple TV+ special recreates that first meeting, with Franklin returning Charlie Brown’s errant beach ball and then the two building a sandcastle together.

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

I was barefoot and the patio was hot, so I hurried to where the boys were swatting a beach ball with some branches.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

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