maul
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Malcolm Marx trundled over at the back of a rolling maul after the interval and, three minutes later, Pieter-Steph du Toit barged over after a sharp blindside break by the impressive Van den Berg.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Malcolm Marx plunged over at the back of juggernaut maul and a Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu penalty gave South Africa a cushion that Samisoni Taukei'aho's final-play try could dent, but not fully deflate.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
An unstoppable rolling maul was finished by Erdocio, and the champions-in-waiting had their seventh try, while Leo Coly picked up where Miotti left off with his first conversion of the game.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Matthews, who is departing Scotstoun this summer for French side Montauban, did what he has done so many times before by finishing off a rolling line-out maul to score.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
But dogs also bite and maul, and they sense fear.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
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"You know Maro is on your team -- he's talking to you at mauls, scrums, nominating and talking around the pitch," Heyes said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
During his Springbok tenure, the former Free State flanker, who won 37 international caps, has innovated with strokes of genius such as naming a bench with just one back and rolling mauls in open play.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
You would expect Talling to be tasked with combating the brilliance of De Goede, with her work at mauls a potential way to expend some of the Canadian's energy.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
Lake has been the Wales success story of this tour with his tries coming from rolling mauls, which have proved the tourists' most potent attacking threat.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2024
Giants lumbered amongst them, forty feet tall, with mauls the size of oak trees.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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A stylish, well-off family braces for the worst when its youngest member is mauled by a dog during a glitzy lawn party.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Days before a Times reporter visited Matson’s property, a pack of wild dogs dug under his fence and fatally mauled his only surviving adult ostrich, Bam Bam.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Three divers were fatally mauled in separate incidents between May and June -- two in Western Australia and the third in Queensland.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
More recently, he appeared in “Fallout” just long enough for his character to be mauled to death by a mutant bear.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2026
The health center was where you went for everything from a little cough to getting mauled by a bear.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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In a sport that was long defined by a handful of powerhouse programs mauling everyone in their path, Cinderella has finally crashed college football’s party.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Two big cats potentially involved in the suspected New Year's Day mauling were euthanized, state wildlife officials said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
Romy is so caught up in her business that she’s nearly attacked by a dog on the street until a handsome stranger gives a whistle and stops the mauling moments before disaster.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2024
Rodgers faced intense criticism in the aftermath of the Dortmund mauling and a debate about whether he was willing to adapt dominated the build-up to Wednesday's game.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
Sitting there, it was easy to remember the island, the storm, the cold, the lightning, the fallen tree, the dead sparrows, and the mauling.
From "Touching Spirit Bear" by Ben Mikaelsen
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