Examples of rusher in a Sentence
He was the team's leading rusher last year.
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This is about this team, this is about the 2025 Cowboys and that defense, those young rushers making a name for themselves.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
In Huff and Nick Bosa, the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year, the Niners have two strong pass rushers bookending their front four.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
One of Robinson’s offseason highlights was being recognized by three of the game’s top edge rushers — Las Vegas’ Maxx Crosby, Cincinnati’s Trey Hendrickson and Cleveland’s Myles Garrett — at the NFL Honors awards.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Tony Sands, the third-leading rusher in Kansas Jayhawks football history and member of the program’s Ring of Honor, had many outstanding individual performances in Lawrence.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
In Huff and Nick Bosa, the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year, the Niners have two strong pass rushers bookending their front four.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
One of Robinson’s offseason highlights was being recognized by three of the game’s top edge rushers — Las Vegas’ Maxx Crosby, Cincinnati’s Trey Hendrickson and Cleveland’s Myles Garrett — at the NFL Honors awards.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Tony Sands, the third-leading rusher in Kansas Jayhawks football history and member of the program’s Ring of Honor, had many outstanding individual performances in Lawrence.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Rusher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rusher. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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