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Tubes and other floaties on the smaller side can often be blown up by mouth, similar to a beach ball.
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Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
The ball just seemed like a beach ball.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
Remove balloon or beach ball.
—Terri Robertson, Country Living, 18 Aug. 2022
While kids under the age of 13 should not use these floats without supervision, the four ring floats and two inflatable beach balls in this set are perfect for everyone.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
The few modern offenses that featured rushing quarterbacks like Bobby Douglass, in the 1970s, and Tim Tebow, in the early 2010s, were typically built to hide the fact that those individuals threw the football like a beach ball or read a defense like the fine print on a mortgage.
—Mike Tanier, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2020
If the central star is a binary, for example, centrifugal force can cause the slow wind to be flattened, like someone sitting on a beach ball.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2012
The scientists wanted to know if, in the instant after collision, the swirling momentum of the quark-gluon soup could cause phi mesons to spin along with it, like a beach ball in a whirlpool.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2023
The carousel of images included gorgeous shots of Barber leaning against a beach ball and standing on a paddle board, along with a picture of her holding on to trapeze rings.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
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Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
The ball just seemed like a beach ball.
—Jason Gay, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022
Remove balloon or beach ball.
—Terri Robertson, Country Living, 18 Aug. 2022
While kids under the age of 13 should not use these floats without supervision, the four ring floats and two inflatable beach balls in this set are perfect for everyone.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 4 Apr. 2023
The few modern offenses that featured rushing quarterbacks like Bobby Douglass, in the 1970s, and Tim Tebow, in the early 2010s, were typically built to hide the fact that those individuals threw the football like a beach ball or read a defense like the fine print on a mortgage.
—Mike Tanier, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2020
If the central star is a binary, for example, centrifugal force can cause the slow wind to be flattened, like someone sitting on a beach ball.
—Phil Plait, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2012
The scientists wanted to know if, in the instant after collision, the swirling momentum of the quark-gluon soup could cause phi mesons to spin along with it, like a beach ball in a whirlpool.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 2 Feb. 2023
The carousel of images included gorgeous shots of Barber leaning against a beach ball and standing on a paddle board, along with a picture of her holding on to trapeze rings.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
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First Known Use
1921, in the meaning defined above
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“Beach ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beach%20ball. Accessed 7 Jun. 2023.
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