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sportsman

[spawrts-muhn, spohrts-] / ˈspɔrts mən, ˈspoʊrts- /


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Others have sought compromise, like the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society, sponsor of the popular Bassmaster fishing tournaments, and Major League Fishing, the world’s largest tournament-fishing organization, with more than 200 annual events.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Behind the bar of The Sportsman Inn, Mr Fletcher has flavours on offer from caviar to salted egg yolk.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

But a spokesperson for Bally Sports ignored my pleadings about whether The International Sportsman had ever aired.

From Slate • May 29, 2024

In 1999 he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

Impressed by George’s perseverance, and by his ability on the water, Aaron Pocock entered him in a professional race, the Sportsman Handicap, at Putney on the Thames, when he was seventeen.

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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