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The club have explored a number of defensive options, including holding talks over Crystal Palace centre-back Maxence Lacroix and showing interest in former Manchester City defender John Stones and Como's Jacobo Ramon.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Newcastle needed to see more of an immediate return from a £100m-plus net spend last summer, for example, but defender Malick Thiaw has been the only unquestioned success.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

The former Barnsley defender also has 93 international caps and was part of the Three Lions side who finished third at the World Cup.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

"He was a lovely man and that is above all his footballing exploits," said former defender Thompson.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

She and staff attorney Kristen Nelson, a Harvard Law grad who had worked at the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, the nation's premier public defender office, met with Marsha repeatedly.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

It made the idea of a clean, surgical war impossible to sustain and allowed the authorities to present themselves as the defenders of the Iranian people against foreign attack.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

“We would try to talk about human rights defenders in talking points, only to have them struck,” said one former bureau employee, requesting anonymity for fear of retribution.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

He took two shots in the first seven minutes, both blocked by defenders.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries opposed the amendment, but his deputy Katherine Clark voted for it, as did former speaker Nancy Pelosi, one of Congress's longest-serving defenders of the alliance.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

Blue Springs defenders now covered Bien, who was being set upon each time he touched the ball.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John