defender

Example Sentences

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At one point, Wembanyama threw down a one-handed alley-oop while a defender was hanging on his other arm.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

"In a funny way, Man City might actually have taken that," ex-Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher said on Sky Sports.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

There was a deflection off the hip onto the arm, too, so would you expect this to be a penalty if it were a Forest defender?

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The defender, 33, is set to join the former Liverpool and Manchester United captains in the history books on Sunday, by leading out a team at Wembley.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Anyway, I swung my leg back to kick, but the ball went rolling right under me, through my legs, to the other Palmetto defender, who cleared it away.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor