defender
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"It was a tough game. They are a good team and made it a hard game for us," the Spurs defender told BBC Match of the Day Wales.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Leo also aimed to find common cause with Macron, a defender of multilateral cooperation who is pushing world leaders to come up with a framework for regulating artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
O'Neill confirmed that Sunderland defender Ballard had injured his hamstring and would miss Northern Ireland's next three games in the window, against Hungary, Ukraine and Georgia.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Baugh, a Heisman candidate with tree-trunk thighs, carried the ball into the end zone following a block from tight end Lacota Dippre that knocked a defender straight to the ground and opened up the lane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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
With impressive box defenders, dangerous counter-attackers and set-piece specialists, their tactics can align with their players' strengths, helping them compete against more less aligned opponents, irrespective of their wealth gap.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Johnson has maintained his innocence and lawyers from the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, which seeks to free the wrongfully convicted, have worked with his public defenders to clear him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
On the Cougars’ next possession, Grant threaded a pass through two Cavalier defenders, finding Kyion Rattler for an apparent 55-yard score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
On the Giants seventh snap at SoFi Stadium, Dart went airborne to pass when he was crunched in between two Rams defenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Some of the Union defenders had been children of Athena.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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