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Recent Examples of quarterbacked
Madden Iamaleava led the blue team to a 24-17 victory while his older brother Nico quarterbacked the white team.
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Sean Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
He armchair quarterbacked the Patriots in the Super Bowl in February.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner who quarterbacked Indiana to its first national title, is the consensus favorite for the Raiders.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The litigation ran on for around five years, with the campaign on the family’s side quarterbacked by Beate Arnold, a consultant who had formerly run IT operations for Glock.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
His greatest success came in 2022 when Cousins quarterbacked the Vikings to a 13-4 record.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Knutson quarterbacked Smithson Valley to a state championship in 2025, completing 12 of his 21 passing attempts for 160 yards and a touchdown in the title game victory over Frisco Lone Star.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
But the man who later quarterbacked the BC Lions to a Canadian Grey Cup championship and the Minnesota Vikings into Super Bowl IV also played hoops for the Bears.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1977, former Cowboy Craig Morton had quarterbacked the team to its first Super Bowl where the Doomsday defense dismantled him and the Broncos, producing co-MVP’s on defense (Randy White, Harvey Martin).
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Sean Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
He armchair quarterbacked the Patriots in the Super Bowl in February.
—Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026
Fernando Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner who quarterbacked Indiana to its first national title, is the consensus favorite for the Raiders.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The litigation ran on for around five years, with the campaign on the family’s side quarterbacked by Beate Arnold, a consultant who had formerly run IT operations for Glock.
—Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
His greatest success came in 2022 when Cousins quarterbacked the Vikings to a 13-4 record.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Knutson quarterbacked Smithson Valley to a state championship in 2025, completing 12 of his 21 passing attempts for 160 yards and a touchdown in the title game victory over Frisco Lone Star.
—David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 7 Feb. 2026
But the man who later quarterbacked the BC Lions to a Canadian Grey Cup championship and the Minnesota Vikings into Super Bowl IV also played hoops for the Bears.
—Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
In 1977, former Cowboy Craig Morton had quarterbacked the team to its first Super Bowl where the Doomsday defense dismantled him and the Broncos, producing co-MVP’s on defense (Randy White, Harvey Martin).
—Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterbacked
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The lawsuit claims that Santana was the lead detective assigned to the case, while Smith was the sergeant who supervised the investigative team.—
Sarah Perkel,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Del Toro personally supervised every stage of the new restoration from the original 35mm negative.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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Schiraldi oversaw a particularly difficult period on Rikers.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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According to Sánchez Blanco, González López oversaw the machinery that allowed arbitrary arrests, torture and the defiance of judicial release orders to occur.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
11 May 2026
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Every core operation on Liners, from adding a new product to reviewing quality, to pulling in news and handling comparisons, is handled by a team of nine AI agents.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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The series recreates ordinary Soviet life from the period with painstaking detail and spares no one and nothing in its criticisms of what led to the disaster and how it was handled.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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The animatronic creation adorably stole the spotlight from the Mandalorian himself, Pedro Pascal, as well as other human collaborators like Sigourney Weaver (Colonel Ward) and director Jon Favreau (who managed to score a red carpet photo opportunity with the rising lime-green superstar).—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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While Indiana was able to get this one to overtime, the Mystics managed to hang on to win 104-102 despite a late push from the Fever.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
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These gaps — as well as the significant positives of antidepressants and the risks of untreated depression — steered the authors’ research.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Advocaat had steered Curacao – an island in the Caribbean Sea that is home to around 155,000 people – to the first World Cup in their history in November.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
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Wembanyama, who had 11 points and 15 rebounds to go along with his blocks, commanded the pace of floor from the start.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
5 May 2026
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Even in death, John Sterling commanded multiple spaces at Yankee Stadium on Monday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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“Quarterbacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterbacked. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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