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Perhaps dreaming of warmer weather, multiple House lawmakers were seen at their desks Wednesday inflating beach balls patterned with the Iowa state flag.—Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register, 19 Mar. 2026 Encased in inflatable shock absorbers, the sphere bounced across the lunar surface like a beach ball, eventually settling and unfolding four petal-like panels to stabilize itself.—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026 From the window of the Orion capsule, the Moon will appear at its largest to be about the size of a beach ball held at arm’s length.—Margaret Landis, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026 In other words, these analysts are about as likely to make a correct pick as a corgi on TikTok that predicts sporting-event results by hitting a beach ball into a basket.—Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for beach ball