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On Wednesday, Wilson’s 7-on-7 red zone reps going toward the end zone went like this: a pass breakup by Micah McFadden, an overthrow incompletion toward Wan’Dale Robinson, a Tyrone Tracy Jr. drop and a touchdown pass to Dalen Cambre after holding the ball for a long while.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
And for the first time in a long while, I wasn’t stressed and on autopilot.
—Lisa Christen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
And, someone’s going to raise the Larry that’s never done it before, or at least not in a good long while.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 May 2025
This is also the first time Johnson has performed with a U.S. national tour in a long while.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
And for the first time in a long while, I wasn’t stressed and on autopilot.
—Lisa Christen, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
And, someone’s going to raise the Larry that’s never done it before, or at least not in a good long while.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 May 2025
This is also the first time Johnson has performed with a U.S. national tour in a long while.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025
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“A (good) long while.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/a%20%28good%29%20long%20while. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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