football
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The thing we can do something about is to play good football and fight together.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“When we’re at our best, we’re a very explosive offensive football team,” Sarkisian said of the additions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
He discusses the coach who was never in his corner, and the generation that seemingly doesn’t know he even played football.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
Vizag is a landing point for submarine internet cables linking the country to Singapore, so for India, the location of the 600-acre site -- more than 340 football pitches -- is ideal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
Alas, there was a difference between fantasy football and fantasy finance: When a fantasy football player drafts Peyton Manning to be on his team, he doesn’t create a second Peyton Manning.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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
To test his theory, the team designed a series of experiments using an advanced head model fitted with pressure sensors before firing footballs at the model skull with "a big ball cannon".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
The people waiting outside our ports of entry are not footballs stopped at the 1-yard line, letters suspended in a mail carrier’s hand, or dinner guests lingering on a porch.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Bikes and skateboards and footballs and sneakers were scattered from the front door to the road.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
