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Sunderland

[suhn-der-luhnd]

noun

  1. a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England.



Sunderland

/ ˈsʌndələnd /

noun

  1. a city and port in NE England, in Sunderland unitary authority, Tyne and Wear, at the mouth of the River Wear: formerly known for shipbuilding, now has car manufacturing, chemicals; university (1992). Pop: 177 739 (2001)

  2. a unitary authority in NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 283 100 (2003 est). Area: 138 sq km (53 sq miles)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Instead, after Traore had got to the ball first to take Lammens out of the game, the Sunderland man was booked for diving.

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The football might be worryingly similar at Manchester United this season but as Sunderland prepare to come to Old Trafford and heap more pressure on beleaguered head coach Ruben Amorim, one thing has certainly changed.

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Sunderland's return to the Premier League has rekindled memories of a revelatory television series documenting the club's turbulent 1996-97 campaign.

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Bristol City signed him in 2017 but he needed loan spells at Bath, Newport and Sunderland before breaking into the Robins first team in 2020-21.

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Sunderland fans should be thanking me, really, because I keep saying they will be beaten and Regis Le Bris' side keep on proving me wrong.

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