athlete
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His office also successfully defended California’s transgender athlete policies against the Trump administration’s Title IX claims, defeated the challenge to its Proposition 39 description and secured some early wins in the Paramount case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
And a Black athlete empowered to stand for Black people is an athlete who should expect to be persecuted, like Curt Flood, whom Kaepernick mentioned.
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026
"We know Jos is an incredible athlete, we know he is supremely fit and is an ultra-professional," McCullum said.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Japan's youngest athlete in Asian Games history could also become the competition's youngest ever medallist.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Our star athlete, Link Rowley, has been yanked out of sports because his father got steamed up over some prank gone wrong.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
"The athletes cannot perform if they don't sleep good, the athletes cannot perform if they don't have good transportation," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Veritas opened in April and had 100 athletes paying about $500 a month by July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Get enough of those dates together, and it’s hard not to notice a pattern: These sideshow athletes don’t live very long.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Real Madrid striker's departure raises the question of whether Nike can remain the top logo for not just elite athletes, but also the fans that idolise them.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It’s applied indiscriminately to professional athletes, lottery winners, and kids who clean up at spelling bees.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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