contact sport
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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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
"Affable", "warm", and a close ally says he's a "really nice person – politics is a contact sport and it's not contrived".
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 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
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
Even for young kids, though, it was a tough contact sport.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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