long hop
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Even when the breakthrough came, it was from a Robinson loosener, a long hop that Rohit inexplicably helped to long leg.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2021
"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
Alexei Kervezee called for a suicidal run and leaving Tom de Grooth with no chance of making his ground, then Kervezee chipped a long hop from Chawla straight into the hands of deep square leg.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2011
"The trouble is it's a pretty long hop, and in the next place the Austrian law doesn't allow it."
From The Boy Allies in Great Peril Or, With the Italian Army in the Alps by Hayes, Clair W. (Clair Wallace)
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