forwards

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The Sparks forwards struggled with that, with Dearica Hamby, Nneka Ogwumike and Cameron Brink combining to shoot six-for-27, including an 0-for-7 night from Hamby.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

“Then I started with Henry thinking about his childhood, his primary experiences, his feelings as a kid. I worked my way forwards with Henry and backwards with Vecna until they met.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

There will be an examination of whether Arteta's current group of forwards are capable of adapting style.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Factoring in potential outgoings, Newcastle could need a goalkeeper, full-back, midfielder and a couple of forwards as a bare minimum.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

As we saw in Chapter 2, this is nonsense, in that we have to read history both forwards and backwards.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton