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 helps she is playing regularly on the left wing at Chelsea and has enough auditions in the bag for England that suggest that's her strongest position.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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

Keller then won it, taking a long Taylor Heise pass on the left wing, racing into the Canadian zone, stickhandling around defender Claire Thompson before beating goalie Desbiens cleanly.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

The mummy’s left wing was shattered, and it would never fly again, but its bearded face was implacable.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman