untouchable
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For nearly 70 years, Just Fontaine’s tally of 13 goals at the 1958 World Cup was considered untouchable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Mozeliak said he does not believe any player should be untouchable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
At his previous five World Cups, he has arrived with an untouchable status yet calls for him to take a step back and play a lesser role on the pitch are growing.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
As much as Martinez refuses to define Ronaldo as untouchable, the numbers paint a different picture.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
From then on, Nuah’s on an untouchable streak.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
“There shouldn’t be some sort of untouchables list of people who are immune from enforcement.”
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
By the end of the regular season he had moved from luxury to necessity, ballooning into the conversation as one of the Lakers Big Three untouchables.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2025
National security advisers, who form a chain of foreign policy expertise from administration to administration, are mostly untouchables, too.
From Washington Post ● May 24, 2022
"Only without fear from the untouchables Bulgaria can truly change," Petkov said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 18, 2022
But also they were outlaws, enemies, untouchables, doomed with absolute certainty to extinction within a year or two.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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