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football

noun as in the ball used in football

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With NBA's Memphis Grizzlies a three-hour drive away, the sporting culture in Nashville has tended to revolve around American football and ice hockey.

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He played for the local football team and they would meet outside the pub.

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He'd become the disastrous football manager, or the damaged political leader, who had no obvious way of being removed.

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The Englishman led them from the fourth tier of Swedish football to its top division, and also helped them win the Swedish Cup in 2017.

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The government has said it is "doing everything in our power" to overturn a ban on Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending a football match in Birmingham and is exploring what additional resources could be required.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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