sport

Example Sentences

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But in his third and rockiest year at the helm of the Trojans, Riley was still compensated like one of the kings of the sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

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

Serena Williams rolled back the years at Queen's with a winning performance on her comeback to tennis after 1,375 days away from the sport.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Several schools, including Georgia and Nebraska, have indicated that they will no longer schedule games against Texas Tech in any sport and might cancel contests already on the docket.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Then Alyssa’s brother turns around and asks me, “What sport did you letter in?”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman