pastime
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A recent study by the Economist showed that 10% of Americans now rank soccer as their favorite sport, making it the third most popular behind football and basketball and narrowly edging out America’s pastime, baseball.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
In the El Nuevo Día story, which published in March, Díaz is quoted talking about cockfighting, saying it was a pastime he’d followed since he was a child.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Watching these A.I. edits became a pastime for her friend group; they’d share the videos at school and at sleepovers.
From Slate • May 12, 2026
Rubinstein remembers how people who were fond of cross-country skiing – a very popular pastime in winter in Russia – used to take their radios with them out of town, where there were fewer jammers.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
“Because,” Buttercup said, “marriage involves love, and that is not a pastime at which I excel. I tried once, and it went badly, and I am sworn never to love another.”
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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