gridiron

Example Sentences

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Part of a growing pipeline of Australians who have converted their kicking skills from Aussie rules football to gridiron, he is the NFL's highest paid punter.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

Or a gridiron celebration of a certain toaster pastry?

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

What’s even stranger about their absence from national relevance on the gridiron is that the Ivy League essentially invented big-time college football.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Leahy became such an outlaw in college-football circles that Army and other gridiron powers of the 1940s and ’50s cut off scheduling his teams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Aware of Odessa High’s frustration on the gridiron and the image problems it caused, the administration had tried to shift the focus of Odessa High away from football into other areas.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger