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she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of quarterback
Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 31 May 2025
The best-case scenario for the Giants, however, would be if Dart grows into a star franchise quarterback who gets paid on a massive contract before that fifth-year option conversation even gets broached.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Nick Caruso, TVLine, 19 Mar. 2025
The 23-year-old, who quarterbacked under his father at University of Colorado, had been expected to be drafted during the first round.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Dallas Cowboys quarterback, 31, welcomed his second baby, a girl, with fiancée Sarah Jane Ramos last week, the pair announced on social media on Saturday, May 31.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 31 May 2025
The best-case scenario for the Giants, however, would be if Dart grows into a star franchise quarterback who gets paid on a massive contract before that fifth-year option conversation even gets broached.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
Verb
A couple notes to future Survivor players, from a guy who’s admittedly quarterbacking from his couch: Hide or bury your advantages!
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 19 Mar. 2025
The 23-year-old, who quarterbacked under his father at University of Colorado, had been expected to be drafted during the first round.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 26 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterback
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Spoelstra was voted the best head coach in the NBA (69 percent of vote), best manager/motivator of people (37 percent) and the head coach with the best defensive schemes (23 percent) in the last survey of general managers ahead of the 2024-25 season.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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New Brazil national team manager Carlo Ancelotti can see his side confirm its spot at the FIFA 2026 World Cup this week.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Kim also supervised test-firings of missiles from the destroyer afterward, and state media said the ship was expected to enter active duty early next year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2025
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There would also be logistical questions to address, including who's responsible for supervising students if they are made to leave their classroom during certain lessons and how to select alternative material that is inoffensive to their parents.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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Mikkelsen will take the role of mission commander and Philips the role of pilot.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 June 2025
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The homes of the elite commanders and their families are pristine and conservative.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Production is being handled by Fortiche Films (Jérôme Combe, Hervé Dupont), with Les Storygraphes and ARTE France onboard as co-producers.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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For fintech founders, that edge is rarely in building internal compliance systems, managing bank integrations or handling payments infrastructure from the ground up.—
Serge Beck,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Afraid conditions would only worsen, leaders announced in May 2024 their plans to disassemble the chapel, a national historic landmark and popular wedding venue.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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Listen to this article Chicago police said seven teens were wounded in an overnight shooting at a large gathering in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood after a St. Sabina graduation party, drawing an angry statement from the church’s longtime leader, Father Michael Pfleger.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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A week later, Qasem Hassan learned that the School for Continuing Medical Education in Family Medicine, which oversaw the ethics course, had received a letter from several residents in the class.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Eventually the archipelago was divided, with the western islands becoming the independent nation of Samoa and the eastern ones becoming American Samoa, overseen by the Navy.—
Mark Thiessen,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2025
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For a spa-like feel, Sue Kim, director of color marketing at Valspar, suggests the shade Fragile Blue.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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Upon the film’s screening at this year’s festival, Variety spoke to the director about his mixed-media approach, the landscape of Dominican animation and learning to animate on the job.—
Kambole Campbell,
Variety,
7 June 2025
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The top five digital platforms (Google, Meta, ByteDance, Amazon and Alibaba) will command more than half of global ad revenue.—
Gladys Kong,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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The roughly two-week-long flight will be commanded by record-breaking former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, who is now Axiom's director of human spaceflight.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
12 June 2025
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“Quarterback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterback. Accessed 15 Jun. 2025.
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