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[av-id] / ˈæv ɪd /


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The avid golfer also attended the 2025 Ryder Cup to watch the U.S. team compete with European rivals on New York’s Long Island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

Greenspan was an avid tennis player and golfer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

I did not see myself as an avid supplement taker, but then I took a good look in my cupboard.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

At lunch the following day, avid golfer Trump presented Lee with one of his signature black markers, wrote Lee, posting a photo of the gift.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

Second, My Lord 02-06, if I may call him so, is an avid sportsman, and in the wilds of New-York he shall find plenty of scope for unusual chases and kills.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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