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athlete

[ath-leet] / ˈæθ lit /


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"Tebogo is a great athlete, I've looked up to him for a long time and he deserved the win," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Argentina’s Diego Maradona, the wildest and most self-expressive of the great soccer players, was an athlete who lived like a rock star.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He’s headed to USC, and what a student athlete he will become.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

A high-school athlete, she had ups and downs with body image and food after having two children, and buying new clothes for herself wasn’t a favorite exercise.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

Even his own vice president, John Adams, conceded that Washington seemed dazed and wholly scripted at certain public ceremonies, like an actor reading his lines or an aging athlete going through the motions.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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