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Felix Sanchez Arrazola / Alamy Stock Photo Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Constant travel for competitions and games and the consistent training required, there are so many aspects of being a sportswoman that can take you away from home and away from your children.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 5 Aug. 2024
The movie’s silence is so loaded with the anxiety, obstinance, inchoate anger and desire for anonymity of the traumatized teenage sportswoman that the constant thwack of her racquet hitting the ball cuts through the tension like violent shocks.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
But Chinese sportswomen, academics and women from the film industry have since shared their experiences, under the hashtag #WoYeShi.
Middle East
Mona Eltahawy launched the hashtag #MosqueMeToo in 2018.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Mar. 2024
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Reuters, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
Constant travel for competitions and games and the consistent training required, there are so many aspects of being a sportswoman that can take you away from home and away from your children.
—Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 5 Aug. 2024
The movie’s silence is so loaded with the anxiety, obstinance, inchoate anger and desire for anonymity of the traumatized teenage sportswoman that the constant thwack of her racquet hitting the ball cuts through the tension like violent shocks.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024
But Chinese sportswomen, academics and women from the film industry have since shared their experiences, under the hashtag #WoYeShi.
Middle East
Mona Eltahawy launched the hashtag #MosqueMeToo in 2018.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Mar. 2024
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The sportsman, who made headlines for defeating Lorenzo Musetti in a 2023 Davis Cup Finals group stage match, broke into the top 100 ranking in 2024 and claimed his first ATP title at the 2025 Libéma Open.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
9 Mar. 2026
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Compagnie Industriale Sportivo Italia—better known as Cisitalia—was founded by Italian industrialist and sportsman Piero Dusio in 1946.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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The region is also known as Orion's Head, owing to its proximity to the bright star Lambda Orionis, which represents the head of the celestial hunter.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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The religious characters who leave the horror with their dignity intact are the Native American vampire hunter—who blends Christian and indigenous spiritual practices earlier in the film—and, of course, Mosaku’s Annie, and her traditional African Ifa wisdom.—
Kemi Alemoru,
Glamour,
14 Mar. 2026
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Ephesus also includes the remains of the Temple of Artemis (or Diana) a huntress and goddess of fertility.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Located in a panoramic point of Villa d’Este, the Grotto of Diana, the goddess huntress symbolizing virtue, is a cruciform plan nymphaeum located in the Cardinal’s Walk and was built between 1570 and 1572 by Paolo Calandrino.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Sportswoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sportswoman. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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