How to Use PED in a Sentence

PED

abbreviation or noun

• Rojas is the third Phillies player to fail a PED test over the past year.
  — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• Either way, the record doesn’t actually count because of Gkolomeev’s PED use and his high-tech suit that is outlawed in the sport.
  — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 26 May 2026
• The other player to watch is Andy Pettitte, who has been hamstrung in the past by his use of human-growth hormone, a PED.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Tatis began his career as a shortstop but has not played there since his 2023 return from multiple arm surgeries and a PED suspension.
  — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
• Pitcher Edinson Volquez of the Reds is suspended for 50 games for failing a PED test during spring training.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
• News of the outfielder’s (alleged) positive PED test and his (pending) full-season suspension hit with all the tenderness of a two-buck tenderloin.
  — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 4 Mar. 2026
• According to The Athletic, the positive PED test happened during the offseason.
  — Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
• Still in need of outfield production, the Diamondbacks have signed Max Kepler, who is still serving the end of an 80-game PED suspension.
  — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 8 June 2026
• Like the Phillies, they were weakened by a key player — ex-Padre Jurickson Profar — being suspended 80 games for flunking a PED test.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
• Despite challenges, including a PED suspension that forced him to miss the entire 2021 season while with the Mets, Canó’s passion for the game remains undiminished.
  — Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• Baseball’s all-time home runs leader Barry Bonds and pitching legend Roger Clemon would be first-ballot Hall of Famers if they had not been implicated in PED scandals.
  — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• McMahon, who has led PED as its interim director since the departure of Nicolle Newton last September, was offered the directorship last month by Mayor Kaohly Her.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
• The sprinting, swimming and weightlifting event that allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs held its inaugural event in Las Vegas, where organizers had hyped the competition as a PED-friendly Olympics with high drama, big purses and shattered records.
  — Robert Abitbol, USA Today, 30 May 2026
• McMahon has served as interim director of Planning and Economic Development, or PED, since September, following the departure of Nicolle Newton.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
• Johnson, who chairs the city’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority, noted the PED director serves as the HRA’s top staffer, requiring close collaboration to get the city’s housing and commercial initiatives off the ground.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
• Explaining her decision to delay the appointment, Johnson noted the PED director also serves as the director of the city’s HRA, which oversees the city’s involvement in housing, commercial and business development, often by selling vacant land or issuing loans, grants and bonds for developers.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026
• With his appeal denied, Rojas became the second major leaguer to be slapped with a lengthy suspension, though Atlanta Braves star Jurickson Profar will be forced to miss the entire 2026 season after getting a 162-game suspension for his second PED offense.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Mar. 2026
• McMahon served as interim director McMahon, a nine-year City Hall staffer who has been closely involved in the Highland Bridge project and development around Allianz Field, has served as the interim PED director since the departure of Nicolle Newton last September.
  — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 28 May 2026