She hit a few fine drop volleys, and disrupted Sharapova's power strokes with some deft slices and high lobs.

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He lobs a live crawdad impaled on a silver hook into a spot of water 15 feet in front of the boat.

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An agency takes those submissions from the banks, lobs off the top 25% and bottom 25% and publishes the average of the remaining rates.

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Much of this comes in the language of the game, in the syntax of grips and spins, and in the vocabulary of volleys and lobs.

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He's got excellent passing shots, he can do lobs as well.

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Djokovic still looked the sharper, quicker player at the start of the second set, and had Nadal running around the court as he teased him with drop shots, volleys and lobs.

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