medicine ball
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of medicine ball
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Leonard was working with a medicine ball, doing drills for his recovery process from a right knee injury that has kept him out all season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2024
Those runs transformed into sprints with a medicine ball.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2022
"It has been difficult to transition to clay. Last week I was being taught how to slide on clay using a medicine ball," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2022
By this point, his Huskies have completed eight four-minute agility stations inside the Dempsey Indoor Center, position groups rotating through cone drills and tire flips and medicine ball tosses.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Beside it someone had left a large and heavy leather- covered ball, a medicine ball.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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