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Tug of war, the Glossary

Tug of war (also known as tug o' war, tug war, rope war, rope pulling, or tugging war) is a sport that pits two teams against each other in a test of strength: teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, with the goal being to bring the rope a certain distance in one direction against the force of the opposing team's pull.^[1]

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Discontinued Summer Olympic disciplines in athletics
Former Summer Olympic sports
Metaphors referring to war and violence

Amateur Athletic Association of England

The Amateur Athletic Association of England or AAA (pronounced 'three As') is the oldest national governing body for athletics in the world, having been established on 24 April 1880.

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American Gladiators (2008 TV series)

American Gladiators is an American competition television series that aired on NBC and Citytv in Canada.

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Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery.

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Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient Northeast Africa.

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Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Back injury

Back injuries result from damage, wear, or trauma to the bones, muscles, or other tissues of the back.

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Basque Country (greater region)

The Basque Country (Euskal Herria; País Vasco; Pays basque) is the name given to the home of the Basque people.

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Basque rural sports

Basque rural sports, known as Deportes Rurales in Spanish or Herri Kirolak in Basque, is the term used for a number of sports competitions rooted in the traditional lifestyles of the Basque people.

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Battle of Sekigahara

The Battle of Sekigahara (Shinjitai: 関ヶ原の戦い; Kyūjitai: 關ヶ原の戰い, Hepburn romanization: Sekigahara no Tatakai), was a historical battle in Japan which occurred on October 21, 1600 (Keichō 5, 15th day of the 9th month) in what is now Gifu Prefecture, Japan, at the end of the Sengoku period.

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Battle of the Network Stars

Battle of the Network Stars is a series of competitions in which television stars from ABC, CBS and NBC would compete in various sporting events.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Bhikkhu

A bhikkhu (Pali: भिक्खु, Sanskrit: भिक्षु, bhikṣu) is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism.

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Bolinas, California

Bolinas is an unincorporated coastal community and census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Chu (state)

Chu (Old Chinese: &ast;s-r̥aʔ) was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty.

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Circumference

In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferens, meaning "carrying around") is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse.

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Concrete block

A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction.

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Daisen, Akita

Ikeda family gardens IHotta-no-saku ruins is a city in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

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Delta Upsilon

Delta Upsilon (ΔΥ), commonly known as DU, is a collegiate men's fraternity founded on November 4, 1834, at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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Dragon boat

A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province.

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Drummer

A drummer is a percussionist who creates music using drums.

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Edo period

The, also known as the, is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyo.

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El Monte, California

El Monte (Spanish for "The Mountain") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States.

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Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (8 September 685 – 3 May 762), personal name Li Longji, was an emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 712 to 756 CE. His reign of 44 years was the longest during the Tang dynasty. Through two palace coups, he seized the throne and inherited an empire still in its golden age.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Filipino language

Filipino (Wikang Filipino) is a language under the Austronesian language family.

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Four Mile Creek (Ohio)

Four Mile Creek is a stream in Preble County and Butler County, Ohio, in the United States.

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Fraternities and sororities

In North America, fraternities and sororities (fraternitas and sororitas|lit.

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Friction

Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other.

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Game show

A game show (or gameshow) is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment where contestants compete in a game for rewards.

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Gladiators (2008 Australian TV series)

Gladiators was an Australian television series which aired on the Seven Network in 2008.

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Gladiators (2008 British TV series)

Gladiators is a British television series which aired on Sky One from 11 May 2008 to 25 October 2009.

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Greek language

Greek (Elliniká,; Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, Italy (in Calabria and Salento), southern Albania, and other regions of the Balkans, the Black Sea coast, Asia Minor, and the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.

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Hamilton JournalNews

Hamilton JournalNews was a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Hamilton, Ohio, and owned by Cox Media Group.

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg (Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County.

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Henning Eichberg

Henning Eichberg (b. 1 December 1942 in Schweidnitz, Province of Lower Silesia, German Reich; d. 22 April 2017 in Odense, Denmark) was a German sociologist and historian, teaching at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense.

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High school (North America)

High schools in North America are schools for secondary education, which may also involve intermediate education.

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Highland games

Highland games (geamannan Gàidhealach) are events held in spring and summer in Scotland and other countries with a large Scottish diaspora, as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.

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History of China

The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.

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History of India

Anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian subcontinent between 73,000 and 55,000 years ago.

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Holland, Michigan

Holland is a city in Ottawa and Allegan Counties in the western region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Hooke's law

In physics, Hooke's law is an empirical law which states that the force needed to extend or compress a spring by some distance scales linearly with respect to that distance—that is, where is a constant factor characteristic of the spring (i.e., its stiffness), and is small compared to the total possible deformation of the spring.

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Independence Day (Indonesia)

The Independence Day of Indonesia (in Indonesian formally known as Hari Ulang Tahun Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia shortened "HUT RI", or simply Hari Kemerdekaan, and colloquially referred by the people as Tujuhbelasan, meaning "the Seventeenth") is a national holiday in Indonesia commemorating the anniversary of Indonesia's proclamation of independence on 17 August 1945.

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Independence Day (United States)

Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Julius Pollux

Julius Pollux (Ἰούλιος Πολυδεύκης, Ioulios Polydeukes; fl. 2nd century) was a Greek scholar and rhetorician from Naucratis, Ancient Egypt.

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Khmer language

Khmer (ខ្មែរ, UNGEGN) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people and the official and national language of Cambodia.

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Korea

Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands.

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Korean language

Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent.

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Lou Ferrigno

Louis Jude Ferrigno Sr. (born November 9, 1951) is an American actor and retired professional bodybuilder.

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Macatawa River

The Macatawa River, also known as the Black River, is located in the lower part of Ottawa County, Michigan, which drains into Lake Macatawa and eventually into Lake Michigan.

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Miami University

Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States.

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Mihama, Fukui

is a town located in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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Mirror

A mirror, also known as a looking glass, is an object that reflects an image.

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MLive Media Group, originally known as Booth Newspapers, or Booth Michigan, is a media group that produces newspapers in the state of Michigan.

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Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.

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Mohave people

Mohave or Mojave (Mojave: 'Aha Makhav) are a Native American people indigenous to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Naha Tug-of-war

The is an event at the annual festival held in Naha, Okinawa, Japan.

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Nubeluz

Nubeluz was a Peruvian children's show produced by Panamericana Televisión that aired from September 8, 1990 to November 7.

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Okinawa Prefecture

is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Osaka

is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan, and one of the three major cities of Japan (Tokyo-Osaka-Nagoya).

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Pagan Kingdom

The Kingdom of Pagan (ပုဂံခေတ်,,; also known as the Pagan dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Myanmar.

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Philippines

The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Phongyibyan

Phongyibyan (ဘုန်းကြီးပျံ; also spelt pongyibyan or phongyibyan pwe) is a Burmese language term for the ceremonial cremation of high-ranking Buddhist monks, in particular monks from Myanmar's largest Buddhist order, the Thudhamma Nikaya.

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Polish Dragon Boat Racing

Polish Dragon Boat Racing, also referred to as "tug of oars" or "dragon war", is a sport consisting of two opposing teams of six rowers attempting to row a dragon boat across a center line, and is similar to tug-of-war.

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Potential energy

In physics, potential energy is the energy held by an object because of its position relative to other objects, stresses within itself, its electric charge, or other factors.

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Rainmaking (ritual)

Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain.

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Rakhine people

The Rakhine (Burmese and ရခိုင်လူမျိုး) or Arakanese are a Southeast Asian ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma) forming the majority along the coastal region of present-day Rakhine State (formerly called Arakan), although Rakhine communities also exist throughout the country, particularly in the Ayeyarwady and Yangon Regions.

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Rope

A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form.

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Satsumasendai, Kagoshima

Satsumasendai City Hall is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Somaiya Vidyavihar

Somaiya Vidyavihar is an Indian educational trust that operates a network of schools, colleges, and institutions across Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Spring and Autumn period

The Spring and Autumn period in Chinese history lasted approximately from 770 to 481 BCE which corresponds roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou period.

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Squid Game

Squid Game is a South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk for Netflix.

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Stinson Beach, California

Stinson Beach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, on the west coast of the United States.

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Superstars (American TV program)

The Superstars was a televised sporting event featuring ten top athletes from ten different sports competing in events that were not their own.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Tabodwe

Tabodwe (တပို့တွဲ) is the eleventh month of the traditional Burmese calendar.

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Taipei

Taipei, officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of Taiwan.

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Tang dynasty

The Tang dynasty (唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705.

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Team sport

A team sport is a type of sport where the fundamental nature of the game or sport requires the participation of multiple individuals working together as a team, and it is inherently impossible or highly impractical to execute the sport as a single-player endeavour. Tug of war and team sport are team sports.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tug_of_war

Also known as Puddle Pull, Rope Jousting, Rope pulling, Rope war, Tug O War, Tug o' war, Tug war, Tug-o-war, Tug-of-War, Tugging war.

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See also

Discontinued Summer Olympic disciplines in athletics

Former Summer Olympic sports

Metaphors referring to war and violence

References