defender
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He slung a touchdown into a vanishingly small window with a defender closing fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Minutes later, Manning found transfer receiver Cam Coleman with a deep ball—that Coleman mishandled, letting it bounce off his chest and into the arms of an Ohio State defender for an interception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"It's absolutely not a penalty. He has got it completely wrong, Konsa's shoulder is pulled down by Ballard and he lands on top," former Wales defender Ashley Williams said on BBC Match of the Day.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Jaissle said the defender is a "very important player for us and for what we are building here".
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 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
"Our client's choice to consent to removal should not be seen as an endorsement of this court's legitimacy," public defenders Matthew Farley and Mary Manning Petras said in a statement to The Washington Post.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“As models become increasingly capable, their risks will increase, unless AI developers and society’s defenders act to make them safer.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Both monks have portrayed themselves as defenders of Buddhism against what they describe as Islamist extremism, although Gnanasara has denied any role in the riots.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Her “no Mr. Nice Guy” approach to enforcing the terms of a lease is also within her rights, her defenders say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
When I searched online for his name, I found a website with a list of public defenders.
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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