tackled

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The group tackled Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” with Lopez leading the singing as her family and friends joined in—while waving their napkins in the air and banging on the tables.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Most people who tackled this problem tried to prove Erdős’s conjecture, rather than disprove it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Days after Garcia Venegas’ latest detention, masked agents tackled an American teen in the Bronx.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

In a frantic start, Ulster thought they got over again when Harry Sheridan went for the line but, in the humid conditions, he lost the ball forward when being tackled as he tried to ground.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

She walked the long way round, through a schoolyard, down a street lined with pecan trees, across another schoolyard, across a football field on which Jem in a daze had once tackled his own man.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee