pastime
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When it came time to pick the bowling-alley surface for their new home, Ryane said, they both gravitated toward the aptly named hue America’s Pastime.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Baseball should be American’s Pastime for that reason, but I also want it to be America’s passion.
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2022
The sport is in urgent need of some tinkering if it ever hopes to regain its spot as America’s Pastime.
From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2020
In the book “The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House,” the author Curt Smith wrote that Mr. Trump had been scouted by at least two professional baseball teams.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2019
And in fact—maybe in fact—Samir was part of a secret chess club, the Brotherhood of the Checkered Pastime.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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