defender
Example Sentences
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Axel Disasi's boot was very high and touched the shoulder of Leeds defender Pascal Struijk when he netted West Ham's 96th-minute leveller.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Cross, the deputy public defender representing Escobar, said the new evidence changed the view of the case and how they would have prepared for trial.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
In making his argument to dismiss the case, Samuel Cross, a deputy federal public defender, said he was quoting the judge in calling it “amateur hour at the U.S. attorney’s office.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Since making his debut for Arsenal six years ago, no top-flight defender has more goals than the 20 he's scored.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Another Louisiana man, Johnny Lee Ball, was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after meeting with a public defender for just eleven minutes before trial.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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