left wing

Example Sentences

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Despite a huge parliamentary majority, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces stiff resistance to spending cuts from his Labour Party’s left wing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

“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

A good example of this early on was seen in Hakimi's run from right-back to the left wing.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 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

Pelicarnassus had his left wing in a sling.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness