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football

noun as in a sport

noun as in the ball used in football

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The clichés about football-obsessed husbands and frustrated wives are pretty heavy-handed.

The Dallas Cowboys sell out their state-of-the art football stadium.

His accuser was smeared and demeaned, and a star football player was allowed to keep on playing.

Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.

I watch football, basketball, and hockey on TV and sometimes “The Bass Pros” on Outdoor Channel.

In his football days the "fighting face" of the Indian star had often appeared on sporting pages.

Under the heat of the exercise during the football game the victim's body generated the gas which he inhaled.

For weeks before it the children practiced racing, and trained themselves in jumping, football, quoiting and such sports.

Football would, be better, if it had been the right time of the year, and we had grass to play on; now it might create suspicion.

Football shall be played with a light india-rubber globe, and "pushing" shall be strictly forbidden.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to football, such as: soccer, rugby, american football, association football, canadian football, and grid game.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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