curveball
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈkɜrvˌbɔl/
- Informal
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contratiempo
- When they announced the layoffs, it felt like a curveball that no one saw coming.
- throw a curveball
- life's curveballs
- biggest curveball
Life is going to throw you curveballs all the time.
- Life is going to throw you curveballs all the time.
- However, this time the entire world is being thrown one same curveball that is the pandemic.
- Some brainiac in the fucking brand team throws a curveball.
- And Oh my gosh this was such a champ and a little bit of a curveball hit me.
- And you still, you're sitting there saying, babe, wow, man, this is a curveball, man.
- Now, sometimes you get a curveball where someone goes me, you, the kids.
- And a curveball comes in and you're like, is it a curveball way?
- And a curveball comes in and you're like, is it a curveball word?
Examples
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Life isn't always perfect; it has a way of throwing curveballs our way.
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But life is messy, with many curveballs and twisty roads.
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But life threw me a curveball, so here I am.
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Life is going to throw you curveballs all the time.
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I guess the thing to realize is that life is full of curveballs.
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As a breast cancer survivor, she knows that life can occasionally throw you a curveball.
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Frequently, daily life can throw unexpected curveballs your way.
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Life has thrown us some curveballs that we haven't expected, and it has been a blur for the last two months.
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Life often throws a curveball when you least expect it, challenging your plans.
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The sudden change in the project timeline was a major curveball for the entire team.
Synonyms
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4.1
A sudden change in a story or situation that surprises people
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4.8
An unexpected problem that is not obvious at first
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4.6
An unexpected problem that delays a plan
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7.7
An unexpected problem that makes a plan or situation more difficult
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3.7
A difficult situation that is hard to deal with
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4.2
A surprising event in a story that changes the expected outcome
A sudden problem that stops plans from happening
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Curveball uses a baseball image: because a real curveball 'bends' and surprises the batter, it now means an 'unexpected' problem or event that catches you off guard.