"spot the ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} spot the ball (uncountable)
  1. A traditional newspaper promotion in which readers are challenged to guess the position of a ball which has been removed from a photograph of a ball sport. Wikipedia link: spot the ball Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-spot_the_ball-en-noun-KE0x1WGH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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