athlete

Example Sentences

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“When athletes that are outside the lineup one week are pushing to get in, it makes everybody better,” McDonald said.

From Los Angeles Times

The Olympic Village in Milan is designed to house 1,700 athletes and support staff, as Italy's economic capital hosts most of the ice sports, including figure skating and ice hockey.

From Barron's

But college athletes are not recognized as employees — they are deemed contractors, instead — and they do not have a CBA.

From MarketWatch

The then-head of the International Olympic Committee, Thomas Bach, said after that she had faced "tremendous coldness" from the other athletes.

From Barron's

“Since you work at the Park, I know you’re wonderfully brilliant in some unique way. But I wonder if people know that you’re such a fine athlete.”

From Literature