defender
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At 18, Senegalese defender Mor Talla Ndiaye has already been on the bench for Liverpool after arriving from Amitie, owned by ex-Newcastle and Chelsea striker Demba Ba.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Donald helped pick up the slack Monday, and got a rollicking ovation in pregame as the last Rams defender announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Like when he somehow leapfrogged a defender while flying backward, a feat enshrined on the cover of the Madden NFL videogame.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
Now 42, the former Everton and Swansea City defender will not be adding to those appearances.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
What if she’d been able to afford to pay a lawyer to defend Richard when he was fourteen instead of letting him be represented by the public defender?
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
Cordero, 6-0 and 175 pounds, has shown excellent speed in breaking away from defenders while catching 20 passes for 455 yards and seven touchdowns.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
On the Giants seventh snap at SoFi Stadium, Dart went airborne to pass when he was crunched in between two Rams defenders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Yet in the battle’s first phase, Japan lost 16,000 soldiers, four times as many as Fang’s defenders suffered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
We have seen De Zerbi's forwards in bigger spaces facing fewer defenders on numerous occasions this season already.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Clovis defenders remained as adamant as their critics.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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