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Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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Hoyer, the Cubs president, needed some fence-clearing pop to win the services of Alex Bregman, the last remaining star-caliber free agent, but the actual result was just another Wrigley Field fly ball.
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Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
There’s a prominent picture from that day — Mahomes and Hampton jogging stride for stride, the kid’s eyes fixated on tracking a fly ball during the team’s batting practice.
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Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
In the fifth inning, Aaron Judge dropped a routine fly ball to put runners on first and second and no outs.
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
If their fly ball volume wanes, there are other parts of their games that can pick up the slack.
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Tony Blengino, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Word History
First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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