athlete
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“He’s an athlete at defensive end. You see that talent playing on Sundays.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
Even Ronaldo, the most-followed athlete on Instagram, experienced a healthy leap.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Teenage athlete Dennis Castillo spent 28 excruciating hours trapped under the rubble in quake-hit Venezuela, with a beam crushing her left leg as she waited to be rescued.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
"I have been coming here since English schools. I have been coming here a long time and I have been an athlete for a long time. It has been great to experience the stadium."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Miss Parrish, known to friends as Cassie, was a popular athlete and member of the theatre club at Amoskeag High.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
That group could even include several athletes who received grants from her nonprofit Stronger Than You Think, which helps provide prosthetics to girls and women experiencing limb loss.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“Because oftentimes we forget the sport side of the athletes and put the disability in front, and I really hope that this is reversed in our Games.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
"It's not just my event that has rivalries, every single event does and it's creating a great generation of track and field athletes."
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
The priciest options are designed especially for athletes, and Dos Santos -- who himself lost two legs in a car accident -- has visited this cohort following the quakes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026
The flag-bearer was determined by a vote by my US teammates across all sports, and I was honored to even be in the running with world-famous athletes like Carmelo Anthony, Serena Williams, and Allyson Felix.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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