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Recent Examples of hoopBut how could Brown really elevate Cardinals hoops?—Payton Titus, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Oct. 2025 This test—steeped in the texts of the Great Tradition—pushes students and schools to treat assessments not as a bureaucratic hoop or a mechanism of exclusion, but as a gateway to deep, reflective learning and engagement with timeless lessons that form both mind and soul.—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 Anchored by Syracuse University, the city hums with youthful spirit, from buzzy Marshall Street to the roar of the JMA Wireless Dome, where Orange basketball games regularly draw some of the largest crowds in college hoops.—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025 The festive occasion marks the start of hoops season for the Jayhawks men’s and women’s teams.—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hoop
Charged particles originating from the corona surge into the gap but are soon snared by two great magnetic loops—the Van Allen Radiation Belts—that usually keep them from Earth’s surface.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
That's how solar rain forms in loops that are suddenly heated, like during flares.
Whereas someone might see the monetary or sentimental value of a woman’s dress or handbag, dungarees and leather belts are often treated with less regard.
Portland, meanwhile, overcame slipping into the wild-card round with a heavy defeat in the regular-season finale and bounced back with a 3-1 win of its own that ended Real Salt Lake’s season.
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Avi Creditor,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
But a junior who played in the backcourt alongside a first-round draft pick a year earlier?
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