football
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It is not just football and F1 that have been forced to cancel, reschedule or move high-profile events, and many more remain under threat.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Put it this way, we’ve gone from being the most attractive person in the physics department to being the captain of the football team,” CEO Alex Karp said on the call.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
It’s also a maddening setback for anyone who had Jackson in fantasy football, but come on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
But it was flag football in which she found her passion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
Darren’s dad taught me all sorts of useful stuff, like the right way to hold the football and how to throw it so it spiraled just right.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
“My mom is still in the same camp, so I’ve been back three times now with a lot of footballs, football boots and football equipment,” Abdallah said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Long before the World Cup kicked off, U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t shy about setting extraordinarily high expectations for a country that believes footballs are oblong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
"My job is to fire footballs at test dummy heads and see what happens"
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Bikes and skateboards and footballs and sneakers were scattered from the front door to the road.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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