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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
Head coach Michael Desormeaux quarterbacked Louisiana from 2004-08.
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Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Jacoby Brissett quarterbacked the Cards last weekend, then gave the ball to Clayton Tune, who somehow gained just 56 yards with his 20 pass attempts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 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
Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Jacoby Brissett quarterbacked the Cards last weekend, then gave the ball to Clayton Tune, who somehow gained just 56 yards with his 20 pass attempts.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 23 Aug. 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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The estate has supervised the release of over forty albums of Hendrix’s studio and live recordings in conjunction with the guitarist’s main engineer, Eddie Kramer.—
Mike Alleyne Ph.D,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Four university police officers supervised the event, setting up what appeared to be a sort of perimeter surrounding the group.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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Part of the coup plot, prosecutors alleged, involved a plan to potentially use explosives, weapons of war or poison to assassinate leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, his Vice President Geraldo Alckmin and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who oversaw Bolsonaro’s trial.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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The city’s Cultural Arts Division and Cultural Commission oversaw the integration of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional works of art with the help of a community selection team.—
Janice Phelan,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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What sets Leviyev apart from her competitors is the fact that each treatment is handled with utmost compassion, precision, and a belief that external beauty is a result of harmony between internal bodily functions.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Hikaru Kondo, the movie’s general director, wrote the lyrics and the composition and arrangement were handled by the composers of the film’s soundtrack — the former by Go Shiina, the latter by Shiina and Sachiko Miyano.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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Autumn Fire has been burning on federal land managed by the United States Forest Service for 16 hours.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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With head coach Dean Smith suspended (yellow card accumulation), associate head coach Miles Joseph managed Charlotte to its fifth clean sheet in six games.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Sep. 2025
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Other patrons saw us with cell phones — an immense luxury at the time — and steered clear of us.—
Martin Suarez,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO and HBO Max Content, has steered HBO for almost a decade, successfully transforming the cable network into a streaming brand while keeping it an Emmy juggernaut with shows such as Succession, The White Lotus and The Last of Us.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Marshburn commanded the International Space Station on Expedition 67, working with a small team in extreme conditions for months at a time.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Amid the solemn environment, as the season slips away, one voice rose above the crowd and commanded a players-only meeting.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Quarterbacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterbacked. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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