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plural of sport
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as in ridicules
the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something taught their children that it was not polite to make sport of others

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as in jokes
a person or thing that is made fun of had become the long-suffering sport of the village

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sports

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sport
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“Sports.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sports. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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