People often use the words Sprint Cup and NASCAR as if they were the same thing.

VOA: special.2009.04.10

To hear an oriole sing May be a common thing Or only a divine It is not the bird Who sings the same unheard, As unto crowd.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

"Another way of looking at it is that a free agent in a sports league is the same thing as anybody else in the United States labor market.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

"This is the same thing as in the Angel's Wing next to Cambodia sanctuary for the enemy, can't go across that line, can't get into that area where the enemy is.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09