tackling
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During those meetings he was known for tackling questions head-on, with a sardonic sense of humour.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
"We are working with residents to minimise disruption, and appreciate their understanding as this equipment provides our teams with the supply needed to continue tackling this significant fire effectively and help resolve the incident."
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
That much was obvious in the spring when Patterson jumped into the middle of a tackling circuit to teach proper technique, and ended up running through the whole drill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Now, he’s tackling another intractable problem: How to keep artificial-intelligence tools from cannibalizing the publishing industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 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
As from an unreal world Glaucon—whilst he lay—saw the lights of the scattered ships, heard the clank of chains, the rattling of tacklings.
From A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis
She was white to the lips, but the lips were firmly set; whereas Mr. Goodfellow's jaw hung as though loosed from its tacklings.
From Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast; they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey.
From Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes
The friends of France our shrouds and tacklings?
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare
"Here he lingered and cast off his tacklings and gave me his last kiss."
From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch
