track-and-field
adjective
: of, relating to, or being any of various competitive athletic events (such as running, jumping, and weight throwing) performed on a running track and on the adjacent field
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Humanoid robot-athletes competed in dance battles, martial arts, track-and-field events and soccer over the weekend in a three-day competition hosted in Beijing.
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Other kids, even other parents and other coaches, fawn, swoon, ask for photos, upon recognizing them from clips highlighting Heat stars on track-and-field-geek platforms like FloTrack and MileSplit.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2025
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images ADF is representing two of those women, former Idaho college track-and-field athletes Madison Kenyon and Mary Kate Marshall in Little v. Hecox, the other case the High Court has agreed to hear.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
In addition to his Olympic success, Thorpe became an invaluable athlete across baseball, football, basketball, and track-and-field.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
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Alex Sherman, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Other kids, even other parents and other coaches, fawn, swoon, ask for photos, upon recognizing them from clips highlighting Heat stars on track-and-field-geek platforms like FloTrack and MileSplit.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 13 Aug. 2025
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images ADF is representing two of those women, former Idaho college track-and-field athletes Madison Kenyon and Mary Kate Marshall in Little v. Hecox, the other case the High Court has agreed to hear.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
In addition to his Olympic success, Thorpe became an invaluable athlete across baseball, football, basketball, and track-and-field.
—Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
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“Track-and-field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/track-and-field. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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