left wing
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The 20-year-old Liverpool player has spent much of his burgeoning career on the left wing, but Bellamy has used him as a centre-forward recently.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
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
I started on the left wing, and I figured out that I could get these thin lines by angling the pencil tip.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
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