left-wing

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“Thankfully, I had been observing and watching everything. But I was reading the script off-stage and then someone would push me onstage and say, ‘I’ll meet you stage left, wing one.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

It was the third successive game against Spain that James has started on the left wing, having also been a standout performer in England's victory over them in the Women's Nations League last year.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Marcus Rashford, Eberechi Eze and Anthony Gordon have started on the left wing in the last three England games and Gordon featured in England's most impressive win under Tuchel, 5-0 in Serbia.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The partially toothless Jack Hughes, left alone on the left wing, beat Canadian goalie Jordan Binnington cleanly 1:41 into the extra period to set off a wild celebration for the Americans.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Pelicarnassus had his left wing in a sling.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness