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she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of quarterbacked
To put that in perspective, New England’s own Drake Maye, who earlier this year quarterbacked the Patriots to the Super Bowl, has about 1 million.
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Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
His greatest success came in 2022 when Cousins quarterbacked the Vikings to a 13-4 record.
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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.
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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.
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Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Steve Buckley,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Simon Akam,
Vanity Fair,
2 Apr. 2026
His greatest success came in 2022 when Cousins quarterbacked the Vikings to a 13-4 record.
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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.
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Jeff Faraudo,
Mercury News,
5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterbacked
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But Simón supervised three months of rehearsals prior to production with most of the cast, all of which the director filmed on her Handicam.
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That enables Cadence’s system, which is supervised by physicians, to alert a clinician when a patient is deteriorating before a stroke or heart attack, for example.
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The Spanish coach oversaw a shock Copa del Rey defeat at the last-16 stage to second division side Albacete and, despite eliminating Benfica and then Manchester City from the Champions League, Madrid were beaten by Bayern Munich at the quarter-final stage.
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Kelly oversaw the sheriff’s office’s Office of Professional Standards, which handles internal affairs matters.
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But the Colorado legislation, signed into law in May, allows the state to pursue the types of cases typically handled at the federal level, such as those involving allegations of discrimination and harassment.
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The Dodgers have praised how Tucker has handled his struggles in the first year of a four-year, $240 million deal.
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The Phillies loaded the bases with two outs in the second, and after fouling off several Chandler pitches, Crawford took another late swipe and managed to hit one down the third base line off the end of the bat.
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In addition, problems at large banks — the failure of which could cause systemic issues — can be managed better if those banks have a larger cushion of reserves to draw on, either to get through a difficult period or to be resolved.
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Over the course of a 60-year-plus career, Davis steered Columbia, Arista and J Records to the pinnacle of the pop music business.
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Trump steered away from the baby blue and white colors that Air Force One has sported since the Kennedy administration, opting for an entirely new livery.
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The consequences are admiration, trust and loyalty—earned, not commanded.
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While Vilsaint was a trooper, King commanded District 2 in Troop D, which is based in Orlando and covers six Central Florida counties.
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“Quarterbacked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterbacked. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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