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football

[foot-bawl] / ˈfʊtˌbɔl /




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Val Moreno looks like he’s enjoying every minute while volunteering to hold the down marker at Servite High home football games as part of the Friars’ chain crew.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Last season, the most stunning transformation in college football was Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

"Our mission - the mission of the hundreds of passionate, dedicated, and exemplary Fifa employees - is to serve football", he added.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

Panettiere’s Sheryl makes an impression right away, with a fiery speech directed at an official who comes to tell Yoast that Boone will now be head football coach of T.C.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

“What was the name of your high-school football coach?”

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

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

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

“I’ve thrown a lot of footballs, and it’s May and June and I didn’t think it was as necessary to throw as much now,” Herbert said.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

Here and there, on slender patches of beach, shirtless young men tossed footballs back and forth.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown



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