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I know he was hurt, but what a poor sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2022

“It wasn’t like he was a poor sport, whining or anything.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2021

Spitting in a cup at Doral in 2007, or being a poor sport after losing an Open playoff to Padraig Harrington later that summer?

From Golf Digest • Aug. 6, 2019

Moreover, he’s an ineffective and unsatisfying dissenter, often coming across as little more than a poor sport.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2016

It's three years since I had the place to myself, and I tell you it's pretty poor sport.

From The Literary Sense by Nesbit, E. (Edith)




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