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played ball

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past tense of play ball

as in collaborated

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end She refused to play ball with the investigators.

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pulled together

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The long grains, fine as hair, are pulled together, at intervals, jointed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
The meeting pulled together members of a subcommittee that oversees waterfront parks for Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 as well as volunteers from the park and city park officials.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2026

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