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Synonyms for curve ball
curve ball

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  1. curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bendernoun

    a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter

    Synonyms:
    booze-up, toot, bender, carousal, carouse, curvature, bend, curved shape, curve, breaking ball

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  1. David Njoku:

    Honestly, it is just mental toughness, there are going to be a lot of curve balls thrown at us, and we have seen that from start to finish the past couple of years. Every positive test is just an extra curve ball that we have to hit.

  2. John McEnroe:

    These younger players need to accept that they need to keep adding to their game, doing something different, that's why Russian Daniil Medvedev has had the success, because Russian Daniil Medvedev's thrown a curve ball at these top guys that they weren't anticipating, almost like Russian Daniil Medvedev was going back to the 12 or 14 and unders and pushing the ball.

  3. Christopher Ferguson:

    It comes down to watching( the spacecraft's) behavior, we just want to make sure it doesn't throw us a curve ball.

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