sport
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But at the time it was seismic stuff, and it symbolised the conversion of football from sport into big business.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Journalist Carrie Dunn, who has covered women's sport for more than two decades, says opinions about coverage reflect a tension at the heart of the game.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
The postponements are so frequent and the sums so astronomical that it’s becoming a sport among the literati to come up with new ways to make the numbers make sense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A former tennis instructor, he treats the sport like a detective treats a case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
How you gonna be a King and not sport the colors?
From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon
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Daniel Monaghan of Ampere thinks piracy "is at the very least a significant constraint on the sports rights models that have been highly lucrative for broadcasters and rights holders over the last 30 years".
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Later in the oral argument, Thomas said he “always thought of 247Sports as a sports site,” and he questioned the “logic” of viewing the site as a “videotape service provider.”
From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026
The sleek white sports car drove upside down, thrust itself into the air and performed a flip over a lineup of other Tesla vehicles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Tesla’s demonstration of a levitating Roadster sports car was “an engineering flex with no commercial value beyond embarrassing traditional car makers.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Kojo was kind of skinny and always wore the style of thick-rimmed glasses that couldn’t get broken when you played sports.
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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Others have embraced it: Hailey Bieber wore the label with pride when she sported a white crop top emblazoned with “nepo baby” in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Yet he noted that some investors have been disappointed by the level of growth sported by ServiceNow and other enterprise software companies, especially relative to the “hockey-stick growth” of other companies in the AI ecosystem.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Jeff Kent sported a mustache throughout his career even though some folks teased him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
While the now-replaced aircraft sported a blue and white exterior, the new aircraft has a navy blue underbelly, red stripe and white upper body.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
They wore shiny, textured gray-blue suits and wide ties and sported long sideburns and slightly too large brown- tinted polarizing glasses.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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Unlike other major footballing countries on the continent, there is no expectation for sporting or technical directors to speak to the media.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
From a purely sporting point of view, it's easy to see why Domenicali is so chuffed.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The 32-year-old also made history by becoming the first musician to perform entirely in Spanish at the sporting event, normally the most-watched each year on US TV.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The expanded definition would encompass event contracts on sporting, political, cultural and weather-related events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
His reach extended far past the sporting world, and like many others before me, I was encouraged to stand my ground and share my truth because of his example.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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