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to be in charge of
she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of quarterbacked
Goff, though, had been to a Super Bowl before joining the Lions; Fields hasn’t quarterbacked a winning team for a full season.
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Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Newton also played immediate successor to Tom Brady in New England and quarterbacked the Patriots to a 7-9 season in 2020.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
More than a decade has passed since Russell Wilson quarterbacked the Seattle Seahawks to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Head coach Michael Desormeaux quarterbacked Louisiana from 2004-08.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Dart completed 12 of 19 passes for 154 yards and the touchdown, rushed for 24 more yards and quarterbacked three Giants scoring drives.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Newton also played immediate successor to Tom Brady in New England and quarterbacked the Patriots to a 7-9 season in 2020.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
More than a decade has passed since Russell Wilson quarterbacked the Seattle Seahawks to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances.
—Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Head coach Michael Desormeaux quarterbacked Louisiana from 2004-08.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Dart completed 12 of 19 passes for 154 yards and the touchdown, rushed for 24 more yards and quarterbacked three Giants scoring drives.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterbacked
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Hoban supervised construction of the porticoes on the north and south sides of the building that Latrobe originally designed in 1807.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Russia’s strategic nuclear forces carried out a readiness test supervised by the country’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, the Kremlin said.—
Anna Chernova,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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Ronald Reagan, who oversaw a major remodel of the screening room, also watched a mix of new movies and classics, including Stagecoach, Yankee Doodle Dandy, and, bizarrely, Warren Beatty's communist biopic Reds.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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But just minutes before the July 31 trade deadline, Varland got news that he was being sent to Toronto and away from his hometown team, the one that drafted him in the 15th round years earlier and oversaw his development from starter to dominant reliever.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
22 Oct. 2025
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Hubbarth handled it pretty well, asking a couple of questions on the issues and producing a little news.—
Andrew Marchand,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Caliendo handled the rest of the game, allowing no quarterback pressures on 32 pass-blocking snaps, according to Pro Football Focus.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
25 Oct. 2025
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Five years on, and somehow, the American economy has not only avoided a contraction but has managed to grow—an outcome many investors thought impossible.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Now the wetlands, woods, wildflower meadows and river views, which are managed and protected by River Fields conservancy, are open for the public to enjoy from dawn to dusk.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
26 Oct. 2025
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The recommendation algorithm that has steered millions of users into an endless stream of video shorts has been central in the security debate over TikTok.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The property was in an area Chinese immigrants and other minorities had been steered away from, according to a 1930s Phoenix redlining map.—
Reia Li,
AZCentral.com,
26 Oct. 2025
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Rabbi Mona Alfi of Sacramento’s Congregation B’nai Israel said that in the Torah, the Jewish people are commanded 36 times to care for and protect the strangers in their midst.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Dressed simply in a black bomber and flashing a colossal gold chain, Floyy commanded the room during his 20-minute set.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Quarterbacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterbacked. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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