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Recent Examples of hoop
Even so, the fact that Illinois — the flagship university in the nation’s sixth most populous state and a school with an enrollment of nearly 60,000 — feels most like this year’s out-of-nowhere underdog speaks more about the current state of college hoops than the Illini themselves.
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Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
Rice has played more of a shooting guard role this season with Leger-Walker taking over at point guard, which has opened her up to shoot more and drive to the hoop without facilitating as often.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Three of Taxstone’s cohorts on the inside, Jonathan Guerrero, Ian Diez and Abel Mora, can be seen on the jail surveillance video rolling a food cart to the corner of the room and stacking chairs on it, then rolling it to another corner near a basketball hoop.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Every third quarter this group comes out and hoops.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
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Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
Rice has played more of a shooting guard role this season with Leger-Walker taking over at point guard, which has opened her up to shoot more and drive to the hoop without facilitating as often.
—Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
Three of Taxstone’s cohorts on the inside, Jonathan Guerrero, Ian Diez and Abel Mora, can be seen on the jail surveillance video rolling a food cart to the corner of the room and stacking chairs on it, then rolling it to another corner near a basketball hoop.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Every third quarter this group comes out and hoops.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoop
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Denver metro test drive loop My drives with the Prius covered much of the South Denver metro area, including stretches of C-470 and E-470, where steady highway cruising allowed the hybrid system to show off its efficiency.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Tie it to your handbag or belt loop instead.—
Emily Weaver,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Watches, rings and race car helmets When Final Four teams arrived in Indianapolis, they were gifted a race car helmet and watches, which led to Hurley’s speech about coming for rings, not watches, as soon as the team got off the plane.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
3 Apr. 2026
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The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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Foote and Dickow have been collaborators for nearly three decades, playing together in Rex Ritter’s post-Jessamine band Fontanelle and the Portland post-rock band Nudge.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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On Friday, the group released a documentary on Netflix, which chronicled the group’s balancing act during the making of Arirang as the band looked to honor its roots in Korea even as their audience has expanded to encompass the entire world.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Mar. 2026
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Stacy Jennings posted 2 hits, 2 RBIs and a walk while also dominating in the circle, allowing three hits and zero earned runs.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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It had been mounted on a small platform, which bore a little icon of a pair of feet inside a backslash circle, as though stepping into a guillotine were every museumgoer’s wish.—
Lauren Collins,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The climactic scene features rapid-fire targets and mine cars coming at you on a conveyor belt, plus dangling bats.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2026
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There's alligator boots, snake-skin belts and now a world's first, Tyrannosaurus Rex purse.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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Gordon ended up suffering a left hamstring strain in Game 6 of Denver’s second-round series against Oklahoma City.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
30 Mar. 2026
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Slaughter is projected to be a third- or fourth-round pick.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Hoop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoop. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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