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sportsman

[spawrts-muhn, spohrts-] / ˈspɔrts mən, ˈspoʊrts- /


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But I lead a great life and I use my coping mechanisms from being an international sportsman.

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Former Manchester United and England star David Beckham has become Britain's first billionaire sportsman, according to the 2026 Sunday Times Rich List.

From Barron's ● May 15, 2026

“A lot of people paint me as a moderate because I’m a sportsman and I have a deer rifle and I go duck hunting and stuff like that.”

From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025

Uganda’s Idi Amin tried to use boxing and his image as a sportsman to build popularity and distract from his regime’s repression in the 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2025

I was a more active sportsman than I had been at Healdtown.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

And somewhere in that crowd will be a youngster attending their first fight, watching two of Britain's most recognisable sportsmen walk out and perhaps deciding they want to lace up a pair of gloves themselves.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

What stood out to me while reading both articles is that both sportsmen are righteous, grateful people who honor their parents in meaningful ways.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026

Heraskevych insisted on Tuesday that he would wear the helmet, which carries pictures of Ukrainian sportsmen and women killed since Russian forces invaded in 2022, during the men's skeleton heats on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

Classed as an eating disorder and serious mental health condition by the NHS, anorexia is often associated with young women - not former professional sportsmen in their 30s.

From BBC ● May 13, 2025

By the fall of that year, so many dead fish had been found in the Yellowstone River that sportsmen and Montana fish-and-game administrators became alarmed.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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