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tactical

[tak-ti-kuhl] / ˈtæk tɪ kəl /


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At Ulm in the early 1990s, Rangnick was laying the groundwork for a tactical revolution in German football as one of the first managers to introduce zonal marking.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

“While I’m fully on board with a couple of hikes, I have a beef with pricing exceeding just that: two tactical hikes,” he noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Running alongside the tactical evolution was a parallel story that took even longer to resolve: the question of who Messi was for Argentina.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

“Compressing the sensor-to-shooter cycle is the defining trend of this war at the tactical level,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a military analyst and founder of defense advisory firm Gady Consulting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It wasn’t the tactical possibilities that made him consume time, but the long, drawn-out endgame position, rife with complications.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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