contact sport
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Holding would still happen - it cannot be eradicated from a contact sport - just not to the same extent.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 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
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
Hikers jostling for space on packed trails have turned communing with nature into a contact sport.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
Once again, Mom explained that it was a tough contact sport.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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