by the balls
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So far, Quinerly and his teammates haven’t been adversely affected by the balls.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
The lawsuit contends that McAtee’s niece, Machelle McAtee, was near the kitchen and was struck by the balls.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
The consumption of ink by the machine was to that by the balls as four to nine, or rather less than one-half.
From On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures by Charles Babbage
The holes made by the balls were about an inch apart.
From A Lieutenant at Eighteen by Oliver Optic
Then the Arabs, finding themselves seriously injured by the balls from the fleet, and beholding the destruction and the ruins of their bad walls, uttered the most fearful cries.
From The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas père
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