contact sport
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Collina's ethos is that football is a contact sport, and not all contact is a foul.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 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
"Rugby is a pretty brutal and physical contact sport and hooker is at the coalface," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023
The regional fare includes dragon boat racing, sepaktakraw — sometimes called “kick volleyball” — wushu, a Chinese martial art, and kabaddi, a popular contact sport on the Indian subcontinent.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2023
Once again, Mom explained that it was a tough contact sport.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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