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flying tackle

noun

Football.
  1. a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.


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Emma Orr fends off Nel Matcalfe to release Lloyd and the sevens flyer is clear - and even hurdles the desperate flying tackle of Jazz Joyce her GB teammate.

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Millie can't wait for the crowd reaction to the first flying tackle.

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James Forman raced for a 40-yard run that was only stopped thanks to Buckingham’s flying tackle.

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Throwing himself in a flying tackle, Matthias grabbed Shadow by the legs, sending him crashing on to the lower steps.

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For April Kahgee, 37, of Petoskey, Michigan, it means there’s no certainty when she’ll be able to greet her fiancé, who lives in Australia, with her usual “flying tackle hug” - charging at him full speed, then launching into his arms.

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