football scholarship

collocation in English

meaningsoffootballandscholarship

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football
noun
uk
/ˈfʊt.bɔːl/us
/ˈfʊt.bɑːl/
UK
a game played between two teams of eleven people, where each team tries to win by kicking a ball into the other ...
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scholarship
noun
uk
/ˈskɒl.ə.ʃɪp/us
/ˈskɑː.lɚ.ʃɪp/
serious, ...
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(Definition offootballandscholarshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffootball scholarship

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He then informs his father that he intends to sail through college on afootballscholarship.
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His lack of size explains why he was not offered afootballscholarshipout of high school by any major colleges in his home state.
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Realizing that afootballscholarshipwas his ticket out of the coal mines and into college, he joined the varsity team.
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He was deemed too small by those schools to be offered afootballscholarship.
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He attended on afootballscholarshipwhere he played quarterback.
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The terms of hisfootballscholarshipdid not allow him to play baseball until the completion of his football eligibility.
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He entered in the fall of 1941 on afootballscholarship.
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Irving turned down multiplefootballscholarshipoffers with his sights set on aviation.
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Boobie is not a good student and doesn't have to worry about grades because he will most likely get afootballscholarshipto a major college.
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Anderson's track scholarship will convert to afootballscholarshiponce he plays in his first football game.
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Puplis advised him to accept afootballscholarship.
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Ditka hoped to escape his hometown's manufacturing jobs by attending college with afootballscholarship.
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Patchen had afootballscholarshipthere but had to drop out when he injured his back.
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He also received 100footballscholarshipoffers.
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Bell stated that he is back in school and still hopes to receive a collegefootballscholarship.
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He grew up in the projects, in the city, and he was fortunate enough to get to college through afootballscholarshipand, eventually, academic scholarships.
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At one point, he decides that he's willing to risk his health by using performance enhancing drugs to make sure he gets a collegefootballscholarship.
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Erik, the older son, also looks forward to playing football and looking to get afootballscholarshipat the university of his choice.
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