Example Sentences
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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
Hellmann’s “Mayo Tackles Food Waste” features football coach and former linebacker Jerod Mayo on the offense for repurposing leftovers.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2022
Tackles were missed, including one by safety Landon Collins on a Falcons touchdown, and players more often than not appeared confused, failing to line up properly before the snap.
From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2021
As for example, the Sun proves cloudy; then must he set forth either his ground Bait or Tackles, and of the brightest of his Flies.
From The Art of Angling Wherein are discovered many rare secrets, very necessary to be knowne by all that delight in that recreation by Barker, Thomas, fl. 1651
