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Recent Examples of Synonyms for athletics
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Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025 -
Basso acknowledges that while the sport is still in its early stages, the signs are already promising.—
Sindiswa Mabunda,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Their season ended with a 120-106 loss to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the NBA play-in tournament Wednesday at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Thomas, 31, spoke with CBS after winning the tournament in South Carolina, where he was joined by his wife Jillian Wisniewski and their daughter Molly Grace, who was born in November 2024.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The next generation of engineers, programmers and innovators is competing in robotics competitions today.—
Dan Mantz,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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Most importantly, this competition is not ideological.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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An intense look at the world of competitive bodybuilding and remake of a Argentine thriller top our roundup of this week’s new films.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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After the beating, a long pan stalks Killian, who manages to get in his car and drive to a bodybuilding competition.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2025
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However, her unbeaten ended in the finals of the 2022 PFL lightweight tourney when Pacheco scored a unanimous decision win over Harrison.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Miami Heat has already made NBA play-in tournament history before, becoming the first team to qualify for the playoffs through the play-in tourney and then win a first-round series.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2025
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Each location might have some different activities, but they are all known for having a massive indoor water park complete with numerous slides, a lazy river, and a wave pool.—
Michelle Spitzer,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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The study found that certain human activities at sea, such as fishing and particularly underwater spearfishing and the management of passive fish traps, are associated with this type of bite.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Apr. 2025
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In 2020, a viral video showed Vaughn chatting with Trump at the national championship football game.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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Wiggins led Wayzata over Cretin-Derham Hall for the Class 4A boys basketball championship on March 22.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
19 Apr. 2025
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His 25 scrimmage touchdowns were the fourth-most in college football, only five behind Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Those strong initial impressions continued at FSU’s first spring scrimmage, where Norvell told reporters that Sperry made lengthy scoring passes to Willy Suarez and Elijah Moore with a pass rush on both.—
Joey Knight,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Athletics.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/athletics. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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