defender

Example Sentences

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“We knew we were going to surprise a lot of people,” defender Marcelo Balboa added, “if we got out of the group.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

As Bridges’ shot drops in, the most disruptive defender basketball has ever seen is stuck under the basket, unable to do a single thing to stop it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

By contrast, Tim Payne, a defender picked for New Zealand, was recently nicknamed the tournament's "least-known" footballer, with fewer than 5,000 followers.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

She told me her ex was a public defender, and he had shared stories about the lives people carry beneath the facts of their cases.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

It occurred to Kira that Jamison had been her defender, had been the one responsible for her being here at all in this new life.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry