tackle
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Left tackle Rashawn Slater is dealing with a flare up of his surgically repaired knee and missed practices this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
And offensive tackle Rashawn Slater, who has missed the Chargers’ last eight practices, is scheduled to return to practice over the weekend — after Thursday’s game.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Set to go live to the public on Thursday, Divine has been built to tackle the issues and debates that engulf internet culture in 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
More than 100 firefighters fought to tackle the flames as they spread over more than 500 acres and destroyed and damaged homes, forcing residents to evacuate.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
That night, when the mouse thing started to wear off, my mind went back to the football game, to Scooter, to the tackle.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
Okelola had 111 yards rushing and made 83 tackles and had two interceptions on defense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
She tackles an often-neglected side of caregiving with clarity and meticulousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Just look at the way he tackles and the pace he has.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Source Foundry tackles the tightest bottleneck: tooling for semiconductor manufacturing, starting in lithography.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
She only has time to swipe it off the top of the cliff before Kento tackles her.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
She tackled “diva” with Mariah Carey and “bimbo” with Paris Hilton.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
So the head of communications, for instance, became the head of finance as they tackled issues.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sixteen emergencies were tackled by Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service on Thursday afternoon, including a fire at Mousehold Heath, off Gurney Road in the city.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
Thirty firefighters tackled a blaze at Portway Hill in Oldbury, West Midlands, last week, an area of land managed by the trust.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
Regan had literally tackled that guy, but still.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Chacin said the expanded police presence could help stem violence, but that tackling organized crime required, above all, following the money -- investigating how the proceeds are laundered and who is benefitting most.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Burnham, who took the reins of the government in June, has made tackling youth unemployment a priority amid skyrocketing youth inactivity and a rapid collapse in entry-level vacancies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
If United are pushed deep whilst defending, his defensive intensity, in the form of tackling and closing down, would also help United replace the qualities lost following Casemiro's departure.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
It also says it wants to spend extra money on tackling benefit fraud which it predicts will save as much as £2.8bn a year.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Midway through the second half, the score was still 5-0 when the Fugees were called for a foul in the box for slide tackling from behind.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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