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athletics

noun as in sports

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But I’ve come to not only tolerate my sons’ athletics—these activities, and the communities surrounding them, have truly enriched our lives.

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So she moved on from rugby and took up athletics.

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Critics argued the golf series was a deliberate attempt at “sportswashing” by “banking on the glamour of athletics to outshine concerns about a history of human rights abuses,” The Times reported at the time.

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The prospect of having his child trackside at the LA Paralympics in three years' time is providing added motivation for Pembroke to continue his work both in and out of athletics.

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“How can austerity of this magnitude be imposed on the core academic mission while athletics spending goes unchecked?”

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