Thesaurus results for RUBBER

rubber

noun

Definition of rubber

as in volley

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Recent Examples of rubber The sound of rubber sneakers screeching against hard floor inundates the corridors of a sports center tucked in the suburbs of Zurich. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026 Accessing the internals requires prying off the PC’s rubber feet, which are glued over the screws that hold the detachable bottom of the case in place. — Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026 Some were barefoot and others wore rubber waders, while several had wrapped plastic bags around their feet. — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026 The rubber sole gives these slim sneakers enhanced traction and a sporty look that’s cute paired with joggers or leggings. — Cheryl Wagemann, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rubber

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Noun

If access to divorce has removed the net from our tennis game, for the one percent, the proceedings have turned into Sincaraz-level volleys.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Paul Marie flicked a ball off the outside of his foot to Judd, who scored on a volley from the edge of the 6-yard box to give the Earthquakes a 3-0 lead in the 29th.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of volley

Noun

Election runoff in Brazil Senator Flavio Bolsonaro rose to a surprise lead over leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, setting the nation up for a sharp shift to the right.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026
If no candidate wins more than half of valid votes on Sunday, the two with the most votes advance to an October 25 runoff.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of runoff

Noun

When the counterweight drops, its momentum raises the other end of the seesaw, tossing the sling up in a big arc.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
There was a big field behind the house with a playground, along the road each way were signs depicting kids on a seesaw.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of seesaw

Noun

The Australian academic competed in breaking’s Olympic debut and went winless across her three round-robin matchups.

— Nasha Smith, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
The rebuilt Pac-12, which will feature eight teams playing a round-robin followed by a flex game to close the regular season, might have the best shot at the G6’s CFP spot.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of round-robin

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Future systems could potentially convert their energy directly into electricity, without using heat to make steam and power a turbine.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
So they were all gathered in the trap room under the stage, which was surprisingly warm because heating ducts ran beneath it and heat rises.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of heat

Noun

After his sudden death in 1960, Olivetti began a slow decline and was eventually broken up and merged with a telecommunications company.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
Plot summary Severance’s protagonist, Mark Scout (Adam Scott), is a former history professor who opted for the severance procedure to escape his intense grief after the sudden death of his wife, Gemma (Dichen Lachman).

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of sudden death

Noun

For the first time in the history of photo finishes a triple dead heat for first place is recorded, at Willow’s Park, Victoria, British Columbia.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
Even so, poll results point to a statistical dead heat between Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula.

— Filipe Mendonça, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of dead heat

Noun

The 29-year-old Lyles won gold in the 100 at Paris in a photo finish, narrowly edging out Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson and becoming the first American man to win the Olympic sprint since Justin Gatlin in 2004.

— Zack Pierce, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
This time the 11-10 favorite found himself on the wrong side of a five-horse photo finish.

— Jay Posner, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of photo finish

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