defender

He slung a touchdown into a vanishingly small window with a defender closing fast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Minutes later, Manning found transfer receiver Cam Coleman with a deep ball—that Coleman mishandled, letting it bounce off his chest and into the arms of an Ohio State defender for an interception.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Palmer recalls one play, in the CIF semifinals against Orange Lutheran, when he put Mosley at the point of attack to block and he drove one defender into two others, “single-handedly blocking three guys.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock said Mac Allister just needed to be put into a system that suits him to get the best out of him.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

I was Dad’s last defender, she continued, the only one who pretended to believe all his excuses and tales, and to have faith in his plans for the future.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Leeds brought in England goalkeeper James Trafford from Manchester City in a deal worth up to £45m in the summer, as well as defenders Tarik Muharemovic and Nico Elvedi and Fulham winger Harry Wilson.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

“As models become increasingly capable, their risks will increase, unless AI developers and society’s defenders act to make them safer.”

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Both monks have portrayed themselves as defenders of Buddhism against what they describe as Islamist extremism, although Gnanasara has denied any role in the riots.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Her “no Mr. Nice Guy” approach to enforcing the terms of a lease is also within her rights, her defenders say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

The defenders stood and cheered in the depression directly above what had once been Killconey’s tunnel.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques