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passer

[pas-er, pah-ser] / ˈpæs ər, ˈpɑ sər /


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It can’t be because he’s not a pocket passer, checked out of plays, or stoic and cryptic.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

The truth is that he's both, a tempo-setter when dropping deep, a dangerous passer when moving forward, a complete footballer at the peak of his powers.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

And after the team’s first victory, Kubiak hoped that the young passer took away one lesson in particular.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Then, on a third-and-long incompletion, defensive tackle Jide Abasiri was flagged for roughing the passer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

They will not form into line after the example of the Parisian queue, but crowd around the pen with the cry of "Laissez passer."

From Fragments of an Autobiography by Felix Moscheles

During De Zerbi's time at Marseille, diagonal runs from wide attackers on the last line, found by willing vertical passers, worked as a way of finding goals.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The many players in close proximity drew in opposition players and when this happened, USA looked to play direct passers for runners in-behind where fewer defenders were.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

But for a team that has churned through passers so quickly that it traded away a future Super Bowl winner in Sam Darnold, it isn’t necessarily the worst scenario.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

Quarterbacks are at the top, with 11 passers now having received deals worth more than $50 million a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

“Any more firemen or coal passers down there, boy?”

From Ruth Fielding Homeward Bound A Red Cross Worker's Ocean Perils by Alice B. Emerson


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