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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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A successful achievement or something that has been done successfully.

Winning the science fair was a great accomplishment for Sarah.

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curveball

Part of Speechnoun

A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"

In a Sentence

He bit on a curveball in the dirt.

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Common Phrases

. curveballcurveball goodcurveball breakingcurveball hanging
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