defender
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The switch marks the second time this year the public defender has subbed in for a high-powered attorney in an L.A. celebrity murder trial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Manchester United defender Harry Maguire is confident Marcus Rashford will have a significant impact at the club this season.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Dixon-Wyatt dusted his defender off the line to catch a red-zone slant for a score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Chelsea are in talks to sign Atalanta defender Honest Ahanor.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
He kicked the ball back to me, set a screen on the defender and let me go in for the winning layup.
From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña
Cherki took Phil Foden's pass on the edge of the area, embarking on a slalom run surrounded by four Palace defenders, leaving them helpless before poking a left-foot finish past keeper Dean Henderson.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
"Both model developers and cyber defenders more broadly will have to prepare for AI-enabled attackers that work faster, at a larger scale, and with better coordination than human attackers," OpenAI said.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
From public defenders to college professors to public school teachers, people who were fired for social media comments about Kirk have received more than $5 million so far, paid for by taxpayers.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
The less we can get him to stop his feet and do what we call ‘slash’ and pick edges of defenders and shoulder-punch them, the better.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
He was halfway up before the defenders recovered their senses enough to sound the alarm.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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