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top bananas

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plural of top banana

as in second bananas

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That’s a lot of inexperience for a staff trying to match wits with Mike Vrabel and one of the NFL’s deepest coaching rosters, even if Josh Allen remains the best player in the league.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
Simmons will get a chance to match offensive wits with the QB that took over his role.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026

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The Twitch Like wags or swishes, occasional sharp twitches of the tail are no cause for alarm for you, the hunter.

— Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Moreover, if Griffin stepped into public life now, the cynical wags in finance would declare the reason obvious—his hedge fund’s returns have been sagging.

— Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026

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Back to basics on The Daily Show Not to wax nostalgic, but back in my day, The Daily Show was mostly a cavalcade of weirdos consenting to be filmed while comedians played right in their face.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Actors Cynthia Nixon, Elliot Page and Indya Moore were there, as well as comedians Mary Beth Barone, Caleb Hearon and Sarah Sherman and musicians Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker, according to multiple online reports.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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