defender
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Then, showing strength to keep his balance after being nudged by an opponent, he nicked the ball to his left with his right foot, gliding past a second defender.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The England defender got forward with regularity and it was encouraging to see him provide the cross for Sesko's late header.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Faced with an early fourth down, he heaved a pass deep down the sideline for Dixon-Wyatt, who leaped over a defender to reel in a 31-yard reception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The sun hadn’t even set yet over the Coliseum, and already Trent Mosley had broken free, with nary a defender within 15 yards on either side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
In Lake Charles, Louisiana, the public defender office has only two investigators for the 2,500 new felony cases and 4,000 new misdemeanor cases assigned to the office each year.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
But it ended the same way, with a pack of USC defenders descending all at once, leaving Fresno State with nowhere to go.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
The quarterbacks kept running, leaving defenders unable to stop them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Nvidia and CrowdStrike are addressing what they see as one of cybersecurity’s biggest gaps: the need for cyber defenders to harness AI at the velocity of cyber attackers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Goalkeeper Martinez, defenders Lucas Digne and Konsa, midfielders Rogers and Tielemans, as well as striker Ollie Watkins, all left.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Michael Brown did not die as so many of his defenders supposed.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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