defender
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Striker Benjamin Sesko, goalkeeper Karl Darlow and defender Matthijs de Ligt are all ruled out due to injury.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Chelsea also held an interest in former City academy player Michael Olise before his move to Bayern Munich and previously explored a deal for defender Nico O'Reilly.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
This is the backdrop to comments from Steve Reed, the former communities secretary and doughty defender of Sir Keir at some of his moments of most intense peril.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Chelsea are also in talks to sign Crystal Palace defender Maxence Lacroix while assessing other options in the market, including Como's Jacobo Ramon.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
My public defender means well, but there's no way I'm going to testify in an outfit designed by Liz Claiborne.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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
“If you’re getting the ball out quickly, there’s really nothing they can do about it,” Herbert said of defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● 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
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
All around him the defenders who had been sent down from the wall lay in slumber.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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