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tackles

  • plural of tackle.
  • present tense form of tackle (3rd person singular).

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Tackles Jonah Monheim and Courtland Ford were in their third years with the tight-knit group.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Tackles A’Shawn Robinson and Greg Gaines and versatile lineman Marquise Copeland are free agents, so Snead will be in the market for rotational players to surround Donald.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2023

Tackles Andrew Billings and Bilal Nichols combined for 1 1/2 sacks of the Seahawks’ Geno Smith and hit him three more times.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Tackles from behind were only outlawed in 1998 and in recent years rules around goal-kicks, kick-offs and drop balls have been changed too.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2022

Tackles were hooked on to the top of the walls, and thundering down they came almost on the heads of the men.

From Hurricane Hurry by Kingston, William Henry Giles