archery

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They rehearsed martial arts in gentlemanly competitions of archery or horsemanship and recycled past heroics as entertainment in innumerable new stage dramas, literature, paintings and prints.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Meanwhile, two-time Olympic champion rower Helen Glover was made an OBE for services to the sport at the ceremony, while Paralympic archery champion Jodie Grinham was made an MBE.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2025

Dre in a lot of ways—self-taught, can play a trumpet, might qualify for the Olympics in archery, can play a piano—self-taught.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2025

A research team led by the UAB has made exceptional discoveries on prehistoric archery from the early Neolithic period, 7,000 years ago.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

There he stood, loosing shaft after shaft at the archery butts until his shoulders ached and his fingers were bloody, pausing only long enough to pull the arrows from the targets for another round.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin