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Discover Ludwig"defensive error" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used in sports contexts to describe a mistake made by a defensive player that allows the opposition to gain an advantage. For example, "The goalkeeper made a defensive error, resulting in an easy goal for the other team."
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This is a defensive error.
The most common defensive error is not counting.
A defensive error let through all 13 tricks.
Six minutes later Dawkins capitalised on a defensive error by Chris Basham.
It is usually better to make the percentage play than to hope for a defensive error.
It would have been closer but for a surprising French defensive error.
Shenkin brought home a difficult game on the diagramed deal, taking advantage of a subtle defensive error.
The United States senior team benefited from a bad defensive error in the diagramed deal, Board 48 of the semifinal.
Van Persie took three minutes to prey on a defensive error by Thomas Vermaelen, his successor as Arsenal's captain.
Twelve minutes in, the Slovakia international pounced on a defensive error at the edge of the box and curled the ball slightly wide of goal.
But even then the Kumuls kept coming, with another defensive error by Smith leaving England sufficiently stretched for Aiton to touch down Peters' kick.
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