extreme sport
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In 1966, Brian Schubert and a buddy strapped parachutes to their backs and leaped off Yosemite’s 3,000-foot-high El Capitan cliff -- and unwittingly inspired the worldwide extreme sport of base jumping.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026
He poured money into sailing, sponsoring an America’s Cup team and pushing for the competition to become more of a high-tech, extreme sport.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025
Writing about food in Italy is often complicated enough as it is but proposing variations on traditional recipes could be thought of as an extreme sport in this country.
From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023
Now officially an extreme sport, cheese rolling attracts competitors from all over the world who are warned they participate at their own risk.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2022
Publicly defending Black women in America remains an extreme sport.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2022
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