A couple of things
They're what the count counts during a baseball at bat
balls & strikes
As a group, the 4 largest of Jupiter's moons are named for this Italian
Galileo
In 2002, this American Idol winner topped the charts with “A Moment Like This.”
Kelly Clarkson
To shatter &
to halt a vehicle
break/brake
To open an oyster shell or to remove a corn husk
shuck
From 1994 through 2024, Sam Waterston appeared on 405 episodes of this series
Law & Order
Marked by its billowy surface, pahoehoe is a term for a flow of this
lava
The 2004 hit “Yeah!” featured Usher alongside these two rappers
Lil Jon & Ludacris
To carry &
naked
Bear/bare
Really thin French fries can be matchsticks or these laces
shoestring
"First Impressions" was an early title of this 1813 novel but that got taken, so the author went with a couple of attitudes instead
Pride & Prejudice
This end-of-the-alphabet word is the term for the spot in the celestial sphere directly above you
zenith
This Kanye West and Jamie Foxx collaboration from 2005 was inspired by a Ray Charles classic.
Gold Digger
An Alaskan seaport &
a fabled dwarflike creature
Nome/gnome
Hebrew for "seven" gives us this word for a Jewish period of mourning; the use of low stools may be why you hear that you "sit" it
Shiva
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway played the infamous Depression-era bank robbers in this 1967 classic
Bonnie & Clyde
Immunoglobulins is another word for these, produced in the body to fight foreign invaders
antibodies
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys’ 2009 collaboration paid tribute to “the concrete jungle where dreams are made of.”
Empire State of Mind
Illegal &
to provoke a response
illicit/elicit
It's the two-word name of this Japanese dog breed
Shiba Inu
In this 2004 remake of a 1970s TV show, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson go undercover to bust a drug kingpin
Starsky & Hutch
These microscopic pores in leaves & stems are opened & closed to exchange gases & reduce water loss
stomata
In 2004, Snoop Dogg and Pharrell brought the funk to this laid-back West Coast anthem.
Drop It Like It’s Hot
One underling &
10 Jews praying
minion/minyan
An Irish tune called "Mush-Mush-Mush Tural-I-Addy" mentions lathering someone with this type of cudgel
shillelagh