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Recent Examples of hoops
And do so without going through the bureaucratic hoops of obtaining a judicial warrant.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
From the Sports Desk Any questions for UofL hoops?
—Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Middleton played college hoops for Texas A&M, suiting up for three seasons in College Station from 2009-2012.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Girls hoops district winners included Lake Mary, Edgewater, Hagerty, Colonial and Harmony while Lake Howell won a boys district semifinal.
—Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
But the man who later quarterbacked the BC Lions to a Canadian Grey Cup championship and the Minnesota Vikings into Super Bowl IV also played hoops for the Bears.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
As a former college hoops player, Kansan and Jayhawk, Woodland would know what to look for in constructing a starting five.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
However, several hoops must be jumped through before the code change can be implemented.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
After jumping through some hoops presented by her brothers, Eloise and the widower marry and raise three children together, along with Phillip and Marina's twins.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
From the Sports Desk Any questions for UofL hoops?
—Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Middleton played college hoops for Texas A&M, suiting up for three seasons in College Station from 2009-2012.
—Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
Girls hoops district winners included Lake Mary, Edgewater, Hagerty, Colonial and Harmony while Lake Howell won a boys district semifinal.
—Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Feb. 2026
But the man who later quarterbacked the BC Lions to a Canadian Grey Cup championship and the Minnesota Vikings into Super Bowl IV also played hoops for the Bears.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
As a former college hoops player, Kansan and Jayhawk, Woodland would know what to look for in constructing a starting five.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026
However, several hoops must be jumped through before the code change can be implemented.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
After jumping through some hoops presented by her brothers, Eloise and the widower marry and raise three children together, along with Phillip and Marina's twins.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hoops
Noun
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It’s coordinated by local cells responding to each other through signals and feedback loops, making decisions where the information actually exists.—
Amy Eliza Wong,
Fortune,
9 Feb. 2026
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The track has been under construction for months, and now loops across several levels of the backlot.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Advertisement While most skaters run through their short and free programs every day, skating them at your home rink during training sessions isn’t quite the same as competing under high pressure and high expectations, and the Olympic rings.—
Alice Park,
Time,
9 Feb. 2026
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For the Los Angeles world premiere, Robbie wore special rings (designed by CeCe Fein-Hughes) with Elordi, and the pair then did an interview about them in British Vogue.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Rolling Stone‘s interview series Last Man Standing features long-form conversations between senior writer Andy Greene and musicians who are the last remaining members of iconic bands.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
10 Feb. 2026
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Other bands have threatened to leave and called for Wasserman to be removed from the agency.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The year is 1961, and the jazz legend (played flawlessly by Norway’s Anders Danielsen Lie) is firmly in the grip of a raging heroin addiction, having acquired a taste for the destructive street drug made inexplicably romantic in postwar boho circles.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
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The experiment caused a stir among economists and political scientists and people in finance and business circles.—
Suzy Khimm,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Boatwright’s observations lend more evidence to a bifurcated economy, where the rich are getting richer and continuing to spend, while the poor tighten their belts and continue to pull back.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2026
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But factories had been built with steam engines in their basements, powering overhead shafts that ran the length of the buildings, with belts and pulleys carrying power to individual machines.—
Josh Tyrangiel,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Hoops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hoops. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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