lacrosse player

collocation in English

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lacrosse
noun[U]
uk
/ləˈkrɒs/us
/ləˈkrɑːs/
a game played by two teams in which the players each use a long stick with a net at the end to catch, carry, and throw a small ball, and try to get the ball in the other ...
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player
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpleɪ.ər/us
/ˈpleɪ.ɚ/
someone who takes part in a game ...
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(Definition oflacrosseandplayerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She is regarded as the finest femalelacrosseplayerof all time.
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He was alacrosseplayerfrom 1954 to 1961.
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As a youth, he was a competitive cyclist,lacrosseplayerand ice hockey player.
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He adopted his screen name from the nickname he had had as alacrosseplayer.
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Rubin was also an all-leaguelacrosseplayer, but he was perhaps best known as a standout swimmer.
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He was an accomplished football andlacrosseplayerin his youth.
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As a young man he was a keen rower andlacrosseplayerand later served in executive positions associated with these sports.
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The team is composed of former college, high school, and professional lacrosse players.
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In its second season, 1974, the team complied a 32 record and carried a roster of 32 players, mainly football and lacrosse players.
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Female athletes, especially lacrosse players, often wear kilts during games.
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However, almost no lacrosse players use wooden sticks anymore, preferring aluminum or another metal, and a plastic head.
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These competitions were dominated by men's games and the make-up of most teams were ex lacrosse players from interstate or overseas.
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Yet the media so quick to sensationalize the accuser's account and condemn the lacrosse players now is revealing facts suggesting that the accused might be innocent of this crime.
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He went on to suggest that the accused lacrosse players had not been evaluated as individuals, but as caricatures, which made it easier for commentators to criticize them.
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Lyons is also remembered for his time as alacrosseplayer.
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Roberts criticized the university as well as the team for a culture that prohibited snitching on the later exonerated lacrosse players.
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