beach ball
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Toughest assignment: It was engraving a globe-shaped trophy for the New York Yacht Club that was the size of a beach ball.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025
He said they ranged in size from "maybe the size of a dinner plate to maybe a beach ball - there were really some good-sized ones".
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2023
I was waiting for a bus at the corner of 85th Street and Fifth Avenue. near what is called Ancient Playground, where a young boy and his grandfather were playing with a beach ball.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2022
That prompted fans to start volleying a beach ball around the lower bowl on the Tennessee sideline.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2021
Weighing in at 184 pounds, Sputnik I looked like a metal beach ball with four legs.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
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