athlete
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Being a woman, she explains, is like being an athlete: Competition is fierce, and one’s prime is cruelly brief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
"He's not an endurance athlete. He's a power athlete and he had some big efforts there a couple of times, back-to-back and we've seen him do that before."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
"Although it's true the Peninsula is home to many multi-million-dollar homes, our little community was far from that," wrote the athlete.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
His image from interviews had often been of a sullen athlete with no time for the usual How did you feel out there?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“You’re an athlete, Mr. Meecham,” Mr. Dacus said, studying the transcript.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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It means that athletes can drop weight and still train and exercise and achieve good results.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Basketball players and baseball pitchers sometimes develop clots in their shoulders, though for most people, including most professional athletes, blood clots develop in their legs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
Research has found that it can take more than six months for professional athletes to return to play after being treated for a deep-vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Hillman expressed disappointment at the lack of multiple-sport athletes today in high school sports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2026
She’s one of those natural athletes who can do any sporty thing under the sun.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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