blind side
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Scrum-half Jeremy Fernandez took the ball from a scrum and broke down the blind side before putting a perfectly weighted kick behind the Saints defence for winger Ambadiang to race onto and score.
From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026
Alt, a first-round pick in 2024, moved from right tackle to left to fill that void, shouldering the responsibility of protecting the blind side of quarterback Justin Herbert.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2025
As a left tackle, Mailata is responsible for protecting the quarterback's blind side - if they are right-handed - but it was not an immediate transition.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
Palacios was static as Lookman darted in on his blind side to score with a first-time rising shot.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2024
I tried to keep on Ethan’s blind side, but it didn’t help much.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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The versatile Chessum, 25, started the first three games of England's campaign in the second row but will add weight, ball-carrying power and a useful line-out option as blind-side flanker.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
There is one positional switch with Alex Mann moving from open-side flanker to blind-side to accommodate Botham.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
Hooker Johan Grobbelaar, props Wilco Louw and Gerhard Steenekamp, lock Jean Kleyn and Franco Mostert - at blind-side flanker rather than lock - come into a hefty pack.
From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2025
Alt had replaced blind-side blocker Rashawn Slater, who was injured in training camp, meaning the Chargers are already on their third left tackle, second right tackle and second right guard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2025
On the blind-side of the hill,—that is to say the side which gets scarcely any sun in winter,—a deep drift of snow still lingered, filling up a furrow made in former years by a shingle-slip.
From Station Amusements in New Zealand by Lady (Mary Anne) Barker