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defender

[dih-fen-der] / dɪˈfɛn dər /
NOUN
champion
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The fee for Bouaddi surpasses the £58.9m paid by Manchester United to sign French defender Leny Yoro, also from Lille, in 2024.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Non-strikers, including midfielder Steve Sidwell and defender Khalid Boulahrouz, also wore the shirt, although some supporters would argue Tammy Abraham performed well as the number nine before his move to Roma.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

U.S. women’s national team defender Gisele Thompson, 20, is one of just two outfield players to start all 19 games this season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Forest have already signed defender Ousmane Diomande from Sporting for £34m, alongside free agents, Austrian midfielder Xaver Schlager and goalkeeper Steve Benda.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Michael had stayed long past the two years he had committed to us, but he was now scheduled to move to San Diego to start a job as a federal public defender.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

If getting through the middle of the pitch is proving difficult, one of the midfielders will drop deep, forming a line of three alongside the two central defenders.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

This opened up space for the Spurs' defenders to find attackers dropping deep.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

For the one who introduces them has as his enemies all those who profit from the old order, and he has only lukewarm defenders in all those who might profit from the new order.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli




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