football
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While showing viewers how offensive players should hold the football to counter the maneuver , Watt encouraged Nantz to “give that a good punch.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
"I nearly broke my leg, but anyway, it's part of football."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
To expand its output, another company, Nordlaks, developed a tanker-like vessel, roughly the length of 3½ football fields, that is home to around two million salmon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Acts of political violence are rare in Australia, and Albanese told the national broadcaster he wanted the country to remain a place where lawmakers can engage with people, go shopping, and watch football.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
I’m staring out at an atrium as cavernous as six football fields.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
He’s been fed hundreds of footballs from a Jugs machine to develop hands that don’t drop passes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The smell of rubbish hangs heavy in the air as pickup trucks and handcarts crawl through narrow alleyways, unloading the day's collections while children weave between them chasing footballs.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Long before the World Cup kicked off, U.S. manager Mauricio Pochettino wasn’t shy about setting extraordinarily high expectations for a country that believes footballs are oblong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Though the impact of wet leather balls increased compared to when they were dry, modern footballs - wet or dry - produced similar or even greater levels of energy transfer.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
There are beds of squash, root vegetables Sergio calls yucca, and a tree with big green fruit that looks like spiky footballs.
From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya
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