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- adjective Not involving
physical contact .
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Examples
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Most of the other players on the team have also played since they were kids, often either informally or in non-contact leagues.
Women Thriving in Traditionally All-Male American Football 2011
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Sir Bobby Charlton, along with several others in good positions to judge, observed after Manchester United's Wembley defeat that the effect of two decades of Fifa refereeing directives has been to turn football into virtually a non-contact sport.
Barcelona play by Fifa's new rules and English clubs must wise up | Paul Wilson 2011
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Most of the other players on the team have also played since they were kids, often either informally or in non-contact leagues.
Women Thriving in Traditionally All-Male American Football 2011
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Most of the other players on the team have also played since they were kids, often either informally or in non-contact leagues.
Women Thriving in Traditionally All-Male American Football 2011
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Most of the other players on the team have also played since they were kids, often either informally or in non-contact leagues.
Women Thriving in Traditionally All-Male American Football 2011
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He suffered the injury early in spring camp during a non-contact drill.
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Bolden, who rushed for 935 yards and nine touchdowns, tore a ligament in his right knee during non-contact drills early in camp.
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There are concerns over a non-contact knee injury Sanchez suffered in August (dislocated kneecap).
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Under a directive from head coach Rich Rodriguez, sophomore quarterbacks Tate Forcier and Denard Robinson practiced most of the spring without green "non-contact" jerseys, forcing them to face live game situations, and be hit on a regular basis.
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While the distinction between intent to harm an individual, and foreseeable harm to an individual from statements not specificallly intended to harm an individual is a fine line, umpires in “non-contact” sports like basketball and soccer routine distinguish between a hit intended to hurt an individual (which is a foul) and “going after the ball” when someone else ends up in the way, which is allowed.
The Volokh Conspiracy » My Short Essay on Snyder v. Phelps, Part I: The Wisdom of Hustler v. Falwell 2010
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