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  • On the evidence of the preceding 87 minutes, Messi should have been strong-armed, tripped, jostled or gang-tackled.

    Barcelona's Lionel Messi powers into the pantheon of greats | Paul Hayward 2011

  • And with the crowd still buzzing after an interloper streaked across the field in the third quarter the man was gang-tackled by security officials at the Jets ' 10-yard line, Mr. Sanchez connected with Mr. Holmes on a 41-yard touchdown reception that pushed their lead to 20-7.

    Sanchez Works His Magic Scott Cacciola 2010

  • The Aggies drove to the Kansas State 2 early in the fourth quarter, but Lane was gang-tackled on third and fourth down.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • Unfortunately for this line of argument, it has the distinct misfortune of being gang-tackled by the facts.

    Ray Brescia: Banker's Holiday: Strengthen "George Bailey's Law" 2009

  • So one day I come in through the gate and am immediately gang-tackled by five of the girls.

    Hilarious Sex Traumas Sean Craven 2009

  • Johnson, the NFL's second-leading rusher with 1,789 yards, was swarmed and gang-tackled all game — and the net result was a season-low 32 yards on 13 carries, with a long gain of six yards.

    Colts' defense stuffs Chiefs in wild-card opener 2007

  • So one day I come in through the gate and am immediately gang-tackled by five of the girls.

    Archive 2009-08-16 Sean Craven 2009

  • Associated Press Ohio State running back Daniel Herron loses his helmet while being gang-tackled by Southern California's defense during the Trojans 'blowout victory Saturday.

    Sports Snapshots 2008

  • * A student at the University of Florida gang-tackled by campus police, dragged from the meeting hall, given a 50,000-volt shock with a Taser gun and put in jail for asking pointed questions of Democratic Senator John Kerry at a public forum

    Ahmadinejad, Free Speech And Hypocrisy 2007

  • The words were hardly out of the borough commander's mouth before half a dozen ESU cops nearly gang-tackled the former president and rushed him around the sanitation truck barricade at 50th Street.

    Step on a Crack Patterson, James, 1947- 2007

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