prevent defense
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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All night long it seemed amiable, and Walz - the former high school defensive football coach - sat back in a prevent defense.
From Salon • Oct. 3, 2024
The requests were made to prevent defense counsel and/or their client from trying to “poison these proceedings” and intentionally turning the trial “into a circus.”
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2024
And it remains unclear whether renouncing the 2009 document will prevent defense lawyers in future cases from using similar victim-blaming concepts — just with alternative terminology.
From Scientific American • Oct. 16, 2023
Is there anything more frustrating than watching your team go into the prevent defense?
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021
Instead he relies on a sort of prevent defense, rushing only four and allowing arguably the worst secondary in the NFL to get picked apart.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2019
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