Thesaurus results for RUBBER

rubber

noun

Definition of rubber

as in volley

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Recent Examples of rubber Their signature styling includes simple canvas uppers and white rubber outsoles with black striping. — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 With rubber spatula, use folding motion to evenly combine water and flour mixture. — ABC News, 29 June 2026 Thanks for toeing the rubber for Joe and team this week - bench strength is a sign of great management and critical for success in any organization! — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 Dyer and other city officials pulled on rubber gloves and retrieved them, cutting open packages bound in plastic wrap and ribbons patterned like the American flag. — Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for rubber

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Noun

Djokovic went up a quick break for 3-0 in the fourth set, and closed it out with a serve and volley winner.

— Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
On the subsequent rebound, the ball found Kovačić at the top of the box, but his right-footed volley was barely deflected over the net by Diogo Costa.

— Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026

Definition of volley

Noun

The State Department on Tuesday congratulated conservative candidate Keiko Fujimori after she was declared the winner of Peru’s presidential runoff election by a razor-thin margin.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
Hypoxia in the Long Island Sound, which usually occurs in the summer, is when bottom water oxygen levels fall to a critical low percentage due to nitrogen from water runoff and backyard fertilizer use.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026

Definition of runoff

Noun

Some match the region of the equatorial Pacific where the El Niño/La Niña seesaw plays out, others point to an area just south of Greenland important to Atlantic Ocean circulation, and so on.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 June 2026
Renderings of the new park include several types of climbers, multiple slides, swings and a seesaw.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2026

Definition of seesaw

Noun

To accommodate the 15-team format but not place a burden on the teams heading soon after to the NCAA Tournament, the league trimmed its regular-season schedule from 20 matches to a true round-robin of 17.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
The early-season tournament will see the Yellow Jackets face Cincinnati, Illinois and Tennessee in a round-robin format.

— Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 25 June 2026

Definition of round-robin

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There is no sudden death or golden goal at the World Cup, which means the full extra-time period will be played no matter how many goals are scored.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Paraguay then had two opportunities to win it but Antonio Sanabria (wide) and Fabian Balbuena (saved by Manuel Neuer) missed back-to-back penalties to take it to sudden death.

— Elias Burke, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of sudden death

Noun

This is a very similar route to stage 11 from the 2024 Tour de France, won by Vingegaard in a photo finish ahead of Pogačar.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
Wednesday's episode of the long-running primetime game show came down to a photo finish between returning champion Dan Laine from Jersey City, AJ Maroney from Boston, and Katelyn Mueller-McLean from San Francisco.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026