defender
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It was 40 minutes before Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez received the game's first yellow card for a foul on Mikel Oyarzabal - greeted with heavy sarcasm by many inside this vast bowl of a stadium.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
But for Fulham fans, it was a chance to catch a glimpse of defender Luc de Fougerolles.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Dutch centre-back Jan Paul van Hecke has moved to Tottenham from Brighton, with Croatia defender Luka Vuskovic going the other way.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
Leeds signed defender Tarik Muharemovic for £34.1m from Serie A side Sassuolo in the summer.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
When told I'd better hire a good attorney, I ask them to give me a public defender, whoever's available—it makes no difference to me.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
“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
Matched up against the most tactically sophisticated team at the tournament, Les Bleus fell into traps, made mistakes, and never punched through Spain’s shifting wall of defenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
"It means Lamine Yamal is working with less space, more defenders doubling up on him, and less dynamism in Spain's game as a whole," says Spanish football journalist Ruairidh Barlow.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
But near Enugu, the civil defenders had blocked the road with tree trunks and old rusty drums.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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