How to Use performance-enhancing drug in a Sentence
performance-enhancing drug
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Steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs were flooding sports and there wasn’t much of a way to stop them.
— Les Carpenter, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024 -
Judge would be the only player to do it who hasn’t been tied to performance-enhancing drugs.
— Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 25 Aug. 2024 -
The Daily Show host joked that both Biden and Trump should be using performance-enhancing drugs.
— Peter White, Deadline, 8 July 2024 -
There has never been a hitter not linked to performance-enhancing drugs with back-to-back 60-homer seasons.
— Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023 -
There is no evidence that Biden has used or plans to use performance-enhancing drugs.
— Hannah Knowles, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 -
In his return from a performance-enhancing drug suspension that cost him 80 games, Tatis went hitless at the plate in five at-bats.
— Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023 -
In January 2008, she was sentenced to six months in jail for check fraud and using performance-enhancing drugs.
— Brendan Le, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024 -
None of the riders in this article have been popped for using performance-enhancing drugs.
— Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 28 June 2024 -
The use of performance-enhancing drugs has been a persistent problem.
— Lolita C. Baldor, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023 -
Bonds' numbers are all linked to performance-enhancing drugs.
— Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 July 2023 -
There are thousands of players who were using performance-enhancing drugs during the steroid era.
— Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023 -
He was later signed to the New York Jets but didn’t last long due to a four-game suspension after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
— Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 30 June 2023 -
The quarterback is set to miss the first two games of next season for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy.
— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2024 -
The ice cream tastes super-buttery, like shortbread on performance-enhancing drugs.
— Emily Heil, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023 -
Ronald Jones, the veteran signed to help fill the void, has been hit with a two-game suspension to start the season for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy.
— David Moore, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Trump is claiming Biden will use performance-enhancing drugs.
— James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024 -
Twenty-three Chinese swimmers (including some who won gold in Tokyo) were found to have used performance-enhancing drugs.
— Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2024 -
There has even been talk of performance-enhancing drugs, which further fuels the pro sports comparison.
— Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 25 June 2024 -
About a dozen were determined to be using performance-enhancing drugs.
— Lolita C. Baldor, ajc, 2 May 2023 -
Due to injuries and a six-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs, Hopkins’ production has dipped over the past couple of seasons.
— Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 16 July 2023 -
But with weight training bigger than it’s ever been, the use of performance-enhancing drugs has exploded in parallel.
— Longreads, 7 June 2024 -
Several online users defended the young athlete, and many noted that there’s a stark difference between the use of steroids (a performance-enhancing drug) and weed.
— Giana Levy, refinery29.com, 22 June 2024 -
Hopkins, who turns 31 in June, is now a free agent after a tumultuous three-year run with the Cardinals when injuries and a suspension for performance-enhancing drugs forced him to miss 15 games in the last two seasons.
— Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023 -
If a player tests positive for performance-enhancing drugs, the suspension is 80 games for a first offense and one season for a second offense.
— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2023 -
Bolt earned a total of eight gold medals in his career (his ninth was rescinded after a relay teammate was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs) with a number of wins in the world championships.
— Matthew Acosta, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024 -
Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramírez again lagged, hurt by suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs.
— Ronald Blum, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2024 -
Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramírez again lagged, hurt by suspensions for performance-enhancing drugs.
— Ronald Blum, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024 -
Jones will miss the first two regular season games because of a performance-enhancing drug suspension.
— Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2023 -
The three-time first-team All-Pro performed well after serving his six-game suspension for a violation of the league's performance-enhancing drugs policy.
— Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2023 -
The new roster addition was hit with a two-game suspension to start the season for violating the NFL’s performance-enhancing drug policy.
— Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
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