bolter

Example Sentences

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There is always room for a "bolter" - the figure who comes late and from nowhere into a squad - before a major tournament.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024

No one witnessed the accident, but Dinger apparently got caught in the rotating shaft on the bolter, she said.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Kuol, who only signed his first professional deal in June, has emerged as a late bolter for the Socceroos' Qatar 2022 squad after four goals in his seven substitute appearances for the Mariners.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2022

The league's biggest surprise, Cleveland acquired the 27-year-old LeVert to bolter their offense and get the Cavs closer to an Eastern Conference title.

From Fox News • Feb. 8, 2022

Clerk-Maxwell can't undertake Newton, and hints X. But I won't have X.—he is too much of a bolter to go into the tandem.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 2 by Huxley, Thomas Henry