eight balls

Definition of eight ballsnext
plural of eight ball

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eight balls
Noun
  • Both have giddy politicians collecting lots of tax from outsiders.
    Brad Weisenstein, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In Islamic societies, particularly during the Ottoman Empire, the word described separate living quarters for the female members of a household, which outsiders were prohibited from accessing.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 4 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Secret Agent’s primary setting is a house full of misfits and refugees in the northeastern city of Recife, a safe harbor from those persecuted by the country’s military regime, ruled over by the inimitable Dona Sebastiana (Tânia Maria, whose role was written specifically for her).
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In these worlds, misfits set the rules.
    Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Garcia, who plays cartel boss Gallino in the second season of the Paramount+ show, praised Sheridan as one of Hollywood's true mavericks.
    Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Most of our mavericks who fly that close to the sun never get to see that journey through.
    Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • New York City is full of remorseless individualists who nonetheless stick to some codes very rigidly.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Cool people aren't merely deviants.
    Caleb Warren, CNBC, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Those who don’t cling to the faith are heretics.
    Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Among those applauding at the end was Carmen Chaplin, one of the director’s granddaughters, and even heretics, whose faith in Chaplin is fickle, will have been swept along.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Eight balls.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eight%20balls. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.

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