athletic
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"I'm really athletic and I'm really fit, but then I wasn't able to walk. She had to hold me up going down the stairs."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
But after a conversation with an athletic trainer and a couple practice throws, he remained in the game for the rest of the inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“When they gave me the keys, they said there’s been two athletic scandals, there will not be a third,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Small for my age and not very athletic, I tried out for the junior varsity team at Eastchester High School in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Arf!, and soon the audience became a two-part chorus with half the auditorium chanting SAN-dy, and the other half responding with ARF, ARF in a manner more suited to an athletic contest than musical theater.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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