playmaker
Example Sentences
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Although Arsenal won the Premier League last season, knee and shoulder problems stopped their Norwegian playmaker from reaching his very top level.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Last season, the pacier options of Jeremy Doku and Antoine Semenyo fed striker Erling Haaland from out wide, with Rayan Cherki often preferred as the playmaker in an attacking midfield role.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Lionel Messi has been a soccer star for so long, Spain’s top playmaker Lamine Yamal appeared alongside the future World Cup foe as a 3-month-old baby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Another option would be to deploy star playmaker Christian Pulisic in a more central role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
When she had gone, the playmaker sat for a long while in meditation; and then smilingly he took up his pen.
From The Certain Hour by James Branch Cabell
