Lob may refer to:
Sports
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Lob (pickleball)
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Lob (tennis)
A lob in tennis involves hitting the ball high and deep into the opponent's court. It can be used as an offensive or defensive weapon.
History
A lob is usually hit when an opponent is standing near the net, waiting to volley. The ball should ...
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Lob (association football), a lofted pass or shot in association football
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Lob bowling
Underarm bowling is a style of bowling in cricket. The style is as old as the sport itself. Until the introduction of the roundarm style in the first half of the 19th century, bowling was performed in the same way as in the sport of bowls, wit ...
, an archaic bowling style in cricket
People
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Lob Brown, American college football player
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Löb Nevakhovich (between 1776 and 1778–1831), Russian writer
* Löb Strauß, birth name of
Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss (; born Löb Strauß ; February 26, 1829 – September 26, 1902) was a German-born American businessman who founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His firm of Levi Strauss & Co. (Levi's) began in 1853 in San Francisc ...
(1829–1902), German-born American businessman
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Eliezer Löb (1837–1892), German rabbi
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Jacques Lob
Jacques Lob (19 August 1932 – 24 May 1990) was a French comic book creator, known for several comics creations, including '' Superdupont''.
Biography
Jacques Lob began his career as an illustrator of humorous cartoons that were published in va ...
(1932–1990), French comic book creator
* Leopold Löb, birth name of
Leopold Einstein
Leopold Einstein (born Leopold Löb, 1833, died 8 September 1890 in Nuremberg) was a Jewish teacher, vendor, and writer. He was one of the early proponents of Esperanto.
He was the first chairperson of the " Nürnberger Weltspracheverein", a Vo ...
(1833–1890), German esperantist
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Martin Löb
Martin Hugo Löb (; 31 March 1921 – 21 August 2006) was a German mathematician. He settled in the United Kingdom after the Second World War and specialised in mathematical logic. He moved to the Netherlands in the 1970s, where he remained in r ...
(1921–2006), German mathematician
Other uses
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Lob (haircut)
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Lob bomb, a rocket-fired improvised explosive device
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Lobi language (ISO 639-3: lob), a Gur language of western Africa
* Lob, in folklore, a type of
brownie
* ''Lob'', a poem by
Edward Thomas
See also
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LOB (disambiguation)
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Löb (disambiguation)
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Lobb (disambiguation)
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Lobe (disambiguation)
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Laub (disambiguation)
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