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Examples
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The ball-boy was standing right next to Allan when he gave the ball to Rees and Kaplan had an uninterrupted view from five metres away.
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The IRB will not take such a charitable view with the two officials, now that the nature of the debate has switched from whether the correct ball was used to why they did not spot a ball-boy supplying Rees right in front of them.
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There we were shown the uncovered courts at the one‑time British RAF Officers' Club, where in the 1920s a tiny-tot Pathan ball-boy had been introduced to the blue-blood English public school game.
World champion Nick Matthew presses the case for squash | Frank Keating 2011
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The referee Jonathan Kaplan and the touch judge Peter Allan face being censured and downgraded after failing to spot, 10 minutes into the second half, that a ball-boy had handed a ball to the Wales hooker, Matthew Rees, who was wrongly allowed to take a quick throw-in to Mike Phillips.
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He started his tennis career as a humble ball-boy at the American Airlines Open in Palm Springs, California, in the early 1970s – racing around the court for legends such as Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg .
Profile: Bringing Tennis to the World Anuj Gangahar 2010
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By the time he gets round the ball has already bounced, been picked up by the ball-boy, brushed off and put back in its can.
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The Tennis Channel Ken Solomon: His tennis career began as a ball-boy at the American Airlines Open in Palm Springs, California, in the 1970s.
Profile: Bringing Tennis to the World Anuj Gangahar 2010
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Mr. Solomon is also heavily involved in several charitable pursuits and his ascent from ball-boy to bone fide industry player was completed in February this year when he was appointed to the Obama administration as a member of the President ' s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
Profile: Bringing Tennis to the World Anuj Gangahar 2010
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Left and center, Polo Ralph Lauren's ball-boy and girl outfits; right, the Polo Ralph Lauren "swicket."
Preppy Sports: Society and Style Flint, Jessica 2009
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Anyway, what more can I say about callboy, except that it rhymes with ball-boy, which is a much better job because at least you have the chance of getting on the telly.
calmish Diary Entry calmish 2005
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