cockfighting
Americannoun
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After facing live batters for the first time Sunday since undergoing elbow surgery in April, the Dodgers’ reliever pushed back against allegations linking him to illegal cockfighting in Puerto Rico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026
Then Republican senator John McCain labeled the fights "human cockfighting."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Following Reconstruction, Black people staged formal card games and cockfighting events, allowing participants to network while acquiring small but quick bursts of cash as economic opportunity languished.
From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026
After then-US Senator John McCain labelled it "human cockfighting" and led a campaign to ban the UFC, its events were consigned to small markets.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2024
For were not the prevailing sins of cockfighting and bull-baiting, and all the other popular brutalities of the period, to be combated in Willenhall as much as in Darlaston or Wednesbury?
From The Annals of Willenhall by Frederick William Hackwood
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