taker

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Goalkeepers are also exempt, while a penalty taker would be able to stay on.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Not a regular penalty taker, Guirassy placed a spot-kick just inside the right post in the second half to equalise.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

"So I feel very good, because if you're a risk taker, you play as a team ... that gets you the World Series."

From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025

His innings featured two fours and six sixes, and, while he went for 0-41 in the Rockets' innings, he remains the competition's second-highest wicket taker.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

They look exactly the same, just as a particular correct answer on a true-false test looks the same whether the test taker is a straight-A student or someone who’s guessing at every question.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos