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volley
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volley
Cricket the flight of such a ball or the ball itself

volley [′väl·ē]
(engineering)
A round of holes fired at any one time.
(ordnance)
Burst of fire, especially a salute fired by a detachment of riflemen.


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To counter that stratagem and put more pressure on, athletic volleyers occasionally go to net behind a drop shot.
But even the most dangerous volleyers need some finesse, and Sampras was much too careless at the net Sunday, consistently botching sure winners when Agassi was most vulnerable.
There wasn't any sun to set on him, so Stefan Edberg, the last of the genuine touch volleyers, ended his Wimbledon career on a note of doom and gloom with a second-round loss Thursday night.
 
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