football
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"It should be clear that setting off and firing fireworks is completely unacceptable and has no place in a football stadium whatsoever," SC Cambuur said.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Garang-Garang Macham is a basketball player from Sudan who joined the football team as a kicker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
One time, one of my friends that I played football with said, “Man, can I come sit in your house to see what it’s like to have a daddy?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
He is a grounded and family-orientated individual who enjoys the occasional game of golf but always focuses on his football.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Only a handful of people are huddled near the holographic pucks, discussing animatedly among themselves like my teachers debating about who the worst football team is.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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
The people waiting outside our ports of entry are not footballs stopped at the 1-yard line, letters suspended in a mail carrier’s hand, or dinner guests lingering on a porch.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2026
Bikes and skateboards and footballs and sneakers were scattered from the front door to the road.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
