stopper
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Since the start of the 2024-25 season no-one has prevented more expected goals than the Everton stopper.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
But that wasn’t enough to serve as the team’s new stopper, as the Dodgers’ offense fell flat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Canadian 19-year-old right-hander Michelle Roche plays college baseball in British Columbia while 38-year-old veteran Meggie Meidlinger has been a bullpen stopper for the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
Other items such as an Oxo wooden spoon set, a Le Creuset wine stopper and Wusthof shears - all bought on Amazon - were photographed inside the motorhome.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
She returned to her work, continuing to stopper bottles as if they hadn't even arrived.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Originally made in the 1800s for carrying beer, glass bottles with stoppers are popular, thanks to their classic design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
But with football continuing to evolve, goalkeepers are not just shot stoppers and used as deep-lying playmakers to open up a new dimension of play.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
As teams build their rosters each offseason, they look for shooters such as Knecht, for defensive stoppers such as Jarred Vanderbilt, for offensive initiators or enforcers or for shot blockers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2025
But as the Kent E-FIT debacle reminds us, such pencil pushers still have a lot to teach our modern-day crime stoppers, and even the fanciest image model can’t beat a trained sketch artist just yet.
From Slate ● May 1, 2024
The woman took two empty jars, removed their stoppers, and poured them into the glass cylinder.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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