defender
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And they started brightly, with Katie Buchanan collecting the ball on the wing, beating a defender and sprinting over the line to give them a fifth-minute lead in her first international start.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
If a defender comes across to mark him, they risk leaving another attacker unmarked elsewhere.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Evans emerges as both a fierce defender of Holmes and a person with great influence over her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
I think every role that I play has a little bit of me in it, and I basically play Kenny Boy if he became a public defender.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Once you became an idea’s defender you had a harder time changing your mind about it.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Small in stature but a giant headache for tiring defenders.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
A handful of defenders noted that the new press secretary had only a day to get ready for her debut.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
By engineering cells before they fully mature, scientists may be able to create therapies that are easier to manufacture, more adaptable, and capable of maintaining a continuing supply of specialized immune defenders.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Zacharia succeeded Karoline Leavitt, who stepped down in August after becoming one of the most prominent public defenders of Trump's second administration.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Sometimes defenders have well over one hundred clients at a time; many of these clients are facing decades behind bars or life imprisonment.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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