long hop
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He could only laugh at his misfortune when he managed to toe-end a Axar's long hop to short fine leg.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025
"For us to execute that right — Profar gets to it, gets it to Tatis and throws a very good long hop in where Victor can handle it and tag, and it just swings momentum."
From Fox News • Jul. 7, 2021
“It was going to take a nice long hop for me, which it did. The grass grabbed it and it kind of faded away from me.”
From Washington Times • May 30, 2014
With lunch approaching, Cook decided to give Joe Root's off spin a whirl and he duly obliged with a long hop which Williamson was able to dispatch to reach his half century.
From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2013
Ay, but I thought to track the rustic wains, Their goal desired to note, but not anigh, They creaking down long hop ycrested lanes 'Neath the abiding flush of that north sky.
From Poems by Jean Ingelow, In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Ingelow, Jean
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