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[ath-leet] / ˈæθ lit /


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His office also successfully defended California’s transgender athlete policies against the Trump administration’s Title IX claims, defeated the challenge to its Proposition 39 description and secured some early wins in the Paramount case.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Derdenger suggests Mbappé's move had parallels to Jordan's decision decades earlier to choose Nike over Converse and Adidas due to the opportunity for the athlete to become synonymous with one brand.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the advert Spencer Matthews talks about an athlete who "only eats Huel"

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

And a Black athlete empowered to stand for Black people is an athlete who should expect to be persecuted, like Curt Flood, whom Kaepernick mentioned.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2026

Although the headline made mention of my religion, the article mostly focused on me as an athlete, which I appreciated.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

"The athletes cannot perform if they don't sleep good, the athletes cannot perform if they don't have good transportation," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The company’s blueprint for success is full of all the usual stuff about obsession and radical innovation and validation from the best athletes in the universe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Get enough of those dates together, and it’s hard not to notice a pattern: These sideshow athletes don’t live very long.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Real Madrid striker's departure raises the question of whether Nike can remain the top logo for not just elite athletes, but also the fans that idolise them.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The athletes, the brainiacs, the hipsters, the band kids, the skaters.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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