foul ball

noun

: a baseball batted into foul territory

Examples of foul ball in a Sentence

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With more than 13,000 in attendance opening night, rain delays couldn't stop fans from witnessing a Bananas victory over the Party Animals after a young fan caught a foul ball in the stands for the third out, marking the second game to end that way in the team's history. Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2024 On Wednesday night, he’d been drilled in the same knee on a foul ball. Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 July 2024 Two overly eager New York fans were ejected from the Yankees’ do-or-die win over the Dodgers on Wednesday after ripping a foul ball from the glove of Los Angeles’ outfielder Mookie Betts. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024 And a weirdly aggressive fan trying to rip a foul ball out of a Dodgers’ player’s mitt. Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foul ball 

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foul ball was in 1855

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“Foul ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20ball. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.

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foul ball

noun
: a baseball batted into foul territory

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