defender
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Minutes later, Manning found transfer receiver Cam Coleman with a deep ball—that Coleman mishandled, letting it bounce off his chest and into the arms of an Ohio State defender for an interception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
He slung a touchdown into a vanishingly small window with a defender closing fast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Palmer recalls one play, in the CIF semifinals against Orange Lutheran, when he put Mosley at the point of attack to block and he drove one defender into two others, “single-handedly blocking three guys.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
They also added Nice defender Melvin Bard and Eintracht Frankfurt forward Jean-Matteo Bahoya on deadline day.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
As a lawyer, he was a defender of African leaders and trade unionists.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Central defenders then face a difficult decision over whether or not to follow them.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The 49ers unsurprisingly held and promptly drove 99 yards to score on a 15-yard pass from Brock Purdy to Deebo Samuel between three confused defenders to clinch it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
“As models become increasingly capable, their risks will increase, unless AI developers and society’s defenders act to make them safer.”
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Both monks have portrayed themselves as defenders of Buddhism against what they describe as Islamist extremism, although Gnanasara has denied any role in the riots.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
He wove around our defenders, and tried to sneak a shot to my right, but I knew what he was going to do.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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