contact sport
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“We share this information to help people understand what NFL and other high contact sport athletes might be struggling with,” the family said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
She wasn’t trying to play a contact sport, the cross-country team was no-cut, and as her lawyers emphasized, her times were terrible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Pierluigi Collina, Fifa's head of referees, believes that football is a contact sport, and that not all contact is a foul.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Alexi Lalas, once a bruising center back, looks at politics the same way he looks at soccer, as a contact sport in which you fight to the end, then shake hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
Even for young kids, though, it was a tough contact sport.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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