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The first movie remains relevant in its tackling of gentrification and the cyclical nature of violence.—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026 His team-mate Paul Scholes has retrospectively been credited with this tag and the ‘overlooked by England’ status, but Scholes emerged as a No 10, had the England side based around him in his early days, and was considered a liability because of his erratic tackling.—Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026 Some poor tackling led to a Giants score, when Dart hit wide receiver Darius Slayton for a 30-yard catch-and-run touchdown.—Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 2 Dec. 2025 Before that, the Russian Empire’s ineffective tackling of grape phylloxera – an aphid-like pest which feeds on grapevine roots – caused great loss in Ukraine, as elsewhere in 19th-century Europe.—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 17 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tackling