left wing
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Three minutes from time, Canada mounted an attack from halfway after a fumble put Harrison's clearing kick under pressure, and replacement Seumanutafa charged down the left wing to complete the comeback.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Delta Air Lines Flight 7 was taxiing for departure when its left wing clipped Air Canada Flight 785’s horizontal stabilizer at around 10:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
The hosts, only four points down at that stage, had a clear two-on-one 30m out down the left wing.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Barcola, who will wear the number 29 shirt at Anfield, prefers to play on the left wing but can operate across the forward line.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
When his left wing was sealed to the straps, Daedalus began working on the right.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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It’s true that the ad didn’t come from El-Sayed’s campaign; a left-wing commentator named Cenk Uygur, who happens to be Piker’s uncle, posted it online.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Antonio Villaraigosa, the former mayor of Los Angeles, met Bass in the 1970s, when both were left-wing community organizers participating in the Coalition Against Police Abuse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
It’s a pathway in part inspired by New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s outsider campaign was an inspiration for one of Europe’s most left-wing leaders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The incumbent, veteran left-wing leader Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, will be challenged by 11 candidates, the most prominent of whom is right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
For Hoover, that included getting his agents—often called G-men—to monitor left-wing activists.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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