curveball
noun
curve·ball
ˈkərv-ˌbȯl 
: a slow or moderately fast baseball pitch thrown with spin to make it swerve downward and usually to the left when thrown from the right hand or to the right when thrown from the left hand
curveball
verb
Examples of curveball in a Sentence
The batter struck out on a curveball.
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Craig Hudson | Reuters The sudden cuts to the federal workforce under President Donald Trump will likely throw a curveball into the retirement plans of many Americans, including those from typically disadvantaged backgrounds like Black Americans.
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
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DeSantis' endorsement of his wife comes just days after Trump threw a curveball into the Florida governor's race by backing U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R), though Donalds has not formally entered the race.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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Jesse Pound, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
Challenge yourself with mock interviews full of curveball questions.
—Ira Wolfe, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Read the full Cancer Daily Horoscope Leo (July 23 - August 22)
Thrown a curveball?
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025
DeSantis' endorsement of his wife comes just days after Trump threw a curveball into the Florida governor's race by backing U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds (R), though Donalds has not formally entered the race.
—Ivana Saric, Axios, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Curveball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curveball. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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