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golf

[golf, gawlf, gof] / gɒlf, gɔlf, gɒf /
NOUN
match play
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Instead of golf courses, ski mountains or lakes, these developments—often with custom-built homes and members-only clubhouses—offer surfing as the main activity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Moreover, the Qatar golf resort deal is not the only one of its kind.

From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026

Days later, Dominari proposed a golf course-Powerus merger.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Batter Usman Khawaja was injured playing golf, the batting line-up weak and the back-ups to an ageing pace attack not up to the mark.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

“Thank you. Between your golf club and my grip, I think he’s headed in the other direction by now.”

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Trump regularly golfs at his courses in Florida and Virginia on weekends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

“It’s still hard, but that’s natural because a lot of players like golfing on the weekend,” said Jongseo Joseph Lee, president of the SoCal Dream Golf Club, who golfs twice a month on city courses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

Today, active like her mom, Charlotte golfs and organizes walks at Mirabella.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

He golfs, attends a men’s prayer group, plays the bagpipes, marches in parades and enjoys the company of his seven grandchildren, all boys.

From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023

Some parts, de wild golfs run 'roun' so thick a man hardly kin plough his fiel', 'thout carryin' six or eight shotguns on de plow.

From Lady Luck by Hugh Wiley

Two months later, a Secret Service agent shot at a gunman pointing a rifle on Trump’s golf course as the president golfed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026

In March of this year, Trump golfed with Finnish President Alexander Stubb in West Palm Beach, partnering in a club tournament Trump said the two men won.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025

For years after the campaign, the two men golfed together, and as vice president Mr. Biden had Mr. Burris and his granddaughter into the White House.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

But his 0-1 curveball was golfed over the right-field fence.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

And, after all, the Jessie Heaths of this world are walked with, and golfed with, and ridden with, and tennised with, and told that they're wonderful pals.

From Gigolo by Edna Ferber

And, over an eight-day golfing adventure to 10 courses in the remote Inner and Outer Hebrides, Askernish was the most groomed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

Marshall Faulk, the Hall of Fame running back and former Rams star, says he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s about 18 months ago after noticing hand rigidity while golfing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

The golf-mad president -- whose relaxed relationship with the game's rules was documented by sports journalist Rick Reilly in the 2019 book "Commander in Cheat" -- has repeatedly boasted about his golfing talent.

From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026

Police released body camera footage in April that captured the aftermath of the incident, showing the golfing legend after his vehicle clipped a truck and rolled over.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Her father was golfing, and her mother was running errands.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech


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