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{
"text": "The cornerback tipped the ball away from the receiver."
}
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"Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes."
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"(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes."
],
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"American-football",
"ball-games",
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"hobbies",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "defensor lateral"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"word": "kulmapuolustaja"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Cornerback"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lánchúlaí"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lántaca"
}
]
}
],
"word": "cornerback"
}
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"text": "The cornerback tipped the ball away from the receiver."
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],
"topics": [
"American-football",
"ball-games",
"football",
"games",
"hobbies",
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "defensor lateral"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"word": "kulmapuolustaja"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Cornerback"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lánchúlaí"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "defensive player in certain sports",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lántaca"
}
],
"word": "cornerback"
}
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