flying tackle
Americannoun
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Millie can't wait for the crowd reaction to the first flying tackle.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 2021
James Forman raced for a 40-yard run that was only stopped thanks to Buckingham’s flying tackle.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 28, 2020
Then five minutes after that, a flying tackle and Medel confronted Molina.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2013
On the drugstore aisle it seemed he had leapt to deliver a flying tackle of a fond hug.
From Slate ● Feb. 14, 2013
No one, it turned out, but that madman Yossarian, who brought him down with a flying tackle one day as he was scooting along the bottom of the ditch to his trailer for lunch.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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