golf ball
noun
1
: a small hard dimpled ball used in golf
2
: the spherical printing element of an electric typewriter or printer
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Isabel worries about a golf ball hitting her amid the customers’ wild swings.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
The initial project, Slick Golf, patented a golf ball but never manufactured a club.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
If dream jobs were golf balls, Koehler’s has the feel of a 375-yard tee shot airmailed from a titanium driver, fairway-flush on the Par Five of Life.
—Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
According to Humane World for Animals, formerly the Humane Society of the United States, more people are killed by errant golf balls and flying champagne corks each year than are bitten by coyotes.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
The initial project, Slick Golf, patented a golf ball but never manufactured a club.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
If dream jobs were golf balls, Koehler’s has the feel of a 375-yard tee shot airmailed from a titanium driver, fairway-flush on the Par Five of Life.
—Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
According to Humane World for Animals, formerly the Humane Society of the United States, more people are killed by errant golf balls and flying champagne corks each year than are bitten by coyotes.
—Lisa Bloch, Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Golf ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golf%20ball. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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