doping
Americannoun
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an act or instance of giving a drug to an athlete or horse, so as to affect performance in a race or other competition.
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Electronics. a method of adding a dopant to a pure semiconductor to change its electrical properties.
Etymology
Origin of doping
Example Sentences
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Their momentum was checked when they were banned from 2015 World Cup qualifying for failed doping tests and they did not play any games from 2019 to 2023 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
From Barron's
Asked about the claims, Wada director general Olivier Niggli said: "If anything was to come to the surface, we would look at it and see if it is doping related."
From BBC
Given she has not been personally implicated in any doping scandals and has not broken any rules, Tutberidze has every right to be at the Olympics.
From BBC
The task of diplomacy fell to WADA’s director general, who vowed to investigate all forms of doping.
Russian figure skating prodigy Kamila Valieva returns to competitive sport on Saturday hoping to roll back the years in a once promising career blighted by a doping scandal.
From Barron's
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