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Examples of triple play in a Sentence
The batter hit into a triple play.
They turned a triple play in the first inning.
Recent Examples on the Web
Roberts is now supposed to manage as if trying to stay out of a triple play?
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
But growing up, Matt's experience of Father's Day was about as complicated as a triple play.
—Lee Cowan, CBS News, 16 June 2024
An eighth-inning replay reversal erased the Giants’ lone highlight: a potential triple play that would have been their first since 2008.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2024
El Dorado’s defense managed to get a triple play to escape the inning with just a one-run deficit.
—Michael Huntley, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1866, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near triple play
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“Triple play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triple%20play. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
Kids Definition
triple play
noun
: a play in baseball by which three base runners are put out
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