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- noun Plural form of
rusher .
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Examples
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Added close to forty pounds of muscle to his frame since 2003 spring drills in order to handle the rigors of facing some of the nation's premier pass rushers from the demanding left tackle position ...
USATODAY.com 2005
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Gannon didn't have much help, either, as the Bucs 'speed rushers from the outside, led by Simeon Rice, zipped around the Raiders' rotund tackles like they were highway safety barrels, sacking Gannon five times.
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It will be interesting to see if Mathis 'emergence as one of the league's premier pass rushers translates into an even bigger payday down the road.
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It will be interesting to see if Mathis 'emergence as one of the league's premier pass rushers translates into an even bigger payday down the road.
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Perhaps I was deep in social science or restudyiug some of Fourier's pleasant fancies, such as the rivalries of groups of nice children with his little hordes of brats and "rushers" -- to use a modern word -- and how in nature's scheme their different talents so balanced one another as to make complete harmony.
Brook Farm John Thomas Codman
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But Okung plays a position whose value depends on the ability to stop elite pass rushers, which is exactly what Ware is.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The defense has questions in two young edge rushers, which is why it may struggle early before getting better as the season moves along.
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"During my last two years of football the 'rushers' were unanimously of the opinion that the kicking, dodging and passing open game was the game we should strive for and that it was the duty of the halfback and backs to end their runs with a good long punt, wherever possible, and give us
Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball William Hanford Edwards
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Apr. 13th, 2010 12: 38 am (UTC) jets need pass rushers
Off-Season Football grrm 2010
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Last year the Giants did not get as many sacks as they had in previous years, true ... but even so, the strength of Big Blue's defense has been its defensive ends, a trio relentless pass rushers as good as any in the league -- Osi Umenyiora, Justin Tuck, and Matthias Kiwanuka.
Draft Musings grrm 2010
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