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curveballs

  • plural
    of curveball.
    curveball
    noun
    a pitch with a downward spin that causes the ball to drop and veer as it approaches home plate, away from the side from which it was thrown.

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The curveballs they encountered along the way ended up becoming part of the experience of pulling off the event, which they wanted to reflect New York, South Asian culture and their creative lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

No curveballs, but then there was never going to be.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

Batters across MLB put up a dismal .210 batting average against splitters last season, compared with .224 against sliders and sweepers and .225 against curveballs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Oliver Laxe’s road movie about a father and son who caravan across Morocco with a pack of tattooed strangers is set in a vast desert where you still somehow never see the plot’s curveballs coming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

All he did was set the Say Hey Kid down swinging — on three straight curveballs.

From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli