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Article: Bowling Ball
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Bowling Ball
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Sixty-five million people fling heavy balls down bowling lanes in the United States each year at speeds up to 20 miles an hour. Other than the finger holes and eye-catching colors, the balls look simple
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deceptively so. At prices ranging from less than $50 to around $300, the balls are much more than solid spheres.
Bowling balls are designed to perform best on various types of surfaces (lanes are not as simple as they look, either) and to compliment the style and strength of an individual bowler. Wooden bowling lanes are treated with mineral oil daily to protect them from the action of the balls. Typically, the first two-thirds of the lane is oiled rather ...
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Article: bowling ball
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English;
18 words
...bowl·ing ball • n. a large, heavy ball with holes for the thumb and two fingers, used in tenpin bowling.
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