American football
American football
/ɐmˈɛɹɪkən fˈʊtbɔːl/
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The H aliade-X has a rotor diameter that's longer than two American football fields placed end-to-end.
Others are more elongated, shaped like cigars or American footballs.
They play American football.
baseball
baseball
/ˈbeɪsˈbɔɫ/
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The baseball team kids call him Coach Wilson.
Eleven-year-old Shawn is playing baseball.
And my father was a baseball local, a baseball umpire in Brooklyn.
basketball
basketball
/ˈbæskətˌbɔɫ/
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And here's Barack Obama, who didn't even start for his high-school basketball team.
The Houston Rockets' very first logo featured a player wearing a rocket pack while twirling a basketball.
The Jordan brand became a sneaker giant, and MJ became the greatest player in basketball history.
to catch
to catch
/ˈkætʃ/
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When you catch a big fish, it becomes food for your dinner.
While women searched for available fruits or roots, men hunted for wild animals or caught fish.
Rain filled lakes and rivers where they could obtain water to drink and catch fish to eat.
fan
fan
/ˈfæn/
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They are very aware of the applause of their fans.
He's not my biggest fan as a disabled woman and bisexual woman.
I was a really big fan of "Miss Independent" and "Since You've Been Gone".
field
field
/ˈfiɫd/
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Evidence comes from three fields: archaeology, pollen analysis, and paleontology.
It was a picture of horses in a field.
It was a picture of horses in a field.
hockey
hockey
/ˈhɑki/
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This north star pays tribute to the Minnesota North Stars, the state's first hockey team in the NHL.
It's hockey.
Let's say you have a hockey puck sitting on a perfectly frictionless ice rink.
to kick
to kick
/ˈkɪk/
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He kicked it too hard, and it broke the window of a house and fell inside.
I screamed and kicked as she held me. '
That's what it's like for disabled people where you kick us around.
to score
to score
/ˈskɔɹ/
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That's more goals than any team has ever scored in a game in the history of the World Cup.
It's also more goals than the US men's team has scored in every World Cup since 2006 combined.
It went to penalty kicks, and Brandi Chastain scored the last goal, beating China 5 to 4.
table tennis
table tennis
/tˈeɪbəl tˈɛnᵻs/
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Do you refer to this game as table tennis, ping pong or whiff whaff?
It's the table tennis district.
Let's imagine that I have a bump to the head and lose my ability to play table tennis.
court
court
/ˈkɔɹt/
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The gavel that judges rap to convene court and maintain order is another such symbol of authority.
Those are very good qualities to have when you step up to the witness stand in a court of law.
Soon after that Horner told the court angrily: 'You've got the wrong man.
half-time
half-time
/ˈhæfˌtaɪm/
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It's a half-time commitment.
And Bolton scored twice to enter half-time up two-one.
Okay so like the mail is the half-time show.
qualification
qualification
/ˌkwɑɫəfəˈkeɪʃən/
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SHINI: I’m Dr. Shini Somara, a mechanical engineer and fluid dynamicist by qualification.
Anyway, as with Congress, the Constitution lays out certain qualifications for the presidency.
Dolphins is a big qualification on board.
rugby
rugby
/ˈɹəɡbi/
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The Scots play rugby football too, and it is an important sport in Scotland.
255 players were drafted from college and one player instead was playing professional rugby in Australia.
And rugby is sort of like a religion in New Zealand.
racket
racket
/ˈɹækɪt/
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An ace is a successful serve that the opponent's racket cannot reach and therefore doesn't return.
Williams argued with the umpire and slammed her racket on the ground during a match.
<i>“This is a racket.
to attack
to attack
/əˈtæk/
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The Rocs begin to attack the ship with big stones.
Just then, pirates attack the ship.
nless you come back to Syria immediately, I'll attack you!
referee
referee
/ˌɹɛfɝˈi/
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Referees never sit down.
- My name is Zach Zarba and I'm a 15 year NBA referee.
I think as a referee you never want to fall for a flop.
defense
defense
/dɪˈfɛns/
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It was the defense attorney's turn.
but she deleted her original defense, screenshots.
Use offense when you need to and defense when you need to.
helmet
helmet
/ˈhɛɫmət/
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Dunham covered the grenade with his helmet and body.
They're instructed to remove their helmet.
I was the cheerleader, you know, I wore my boots and my helmet.
pitch
pitch
/ˈpɪtʃ/
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The answer to these questions requires some insight into how humans perceive pitch.
What we perceive as pitch is a mental image of those vibrations.
The human ear and brain have limits and cannot assign a pitch to all frequencies of vibration.
to shoot
to shoot
/ˈʃut/
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Has that silly man really shot himself?'
Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!'
But at night, fiery sparks shoot out, Father!'
area
area
/ˈɛɹiə/
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CSIs might even vacuum the entire area to collect tiny samples.
The map had 27 areas.
Governments can also create sea reserves, areas where fishing is temporarily banned until the fish population increases.
base
base
/ˈbeɪs/
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Shawn walks toward first base.
So, now, I just care about my base
The black material that we have on here is the base layer that seals up the aircraft.
batter
batter
/ˈbætɝ/
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This is just normal brownie batter.
Yo, this batter is mega thick, all caps, three Cs, spaces in between each one.
I have batter left over, should I try making shapes?
bowler
bowler
/ˈboʊɫɝ/
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Here's your bowler shirt.
There, he found a pair of baggy trousers, a bowler hat, and a cane.
Okay, Link, you've proven yourself to be the best bowler in our league.
to defend
to defend
/dɪˈfɛnd/
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Finally, in the context of a battle, uniforms become symbols of the nation the soldiers are defending.
You have been accused, and you must have the chance to defend yourself.'
And this is not me trying to really defend Trump in any way.
foul
foul
/ˈfaʊɫ/
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Trapped in the corner, Durant was expecting a foul that didn't come.
A foul is called.
And picked up his sixth foul, so he's out.
penalty
penalty
/ˈpɛnəɫti/
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While the loser is sent to the penalty box.
The loser reports to the penalty box...
Happily, you can borrow from your 401(k) without penalties right now.
umpire
umpire
/ˈəmˌpaɪɝ/
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And my father was a baseball local, a baseball umpire in Brooklyn.
Williams argued with the umpire and slammed her racket on the ground during a match.
She said her actions were due to her feeling that the umpire was unfairly penalizing her with his calls.
to tackle
to tackle
/ˈtækəɫ/
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Have you considered tackling the design problems with the feature?"
So, that's an issue that I've been needing to tackle so hard.
First, they tackled that delivery system.
