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to take unfair advantage of He dislikes people who are willing to walk on others to get ahead.

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The former walk-on and standout baseball player from Eugene won the Burlsworth Trophy in 2024 and was a first-team All-American in 2025. — Manny Navarro, New York Times, 1 June 2026 Junior Will Thengvall is grandfathered in as a non-scholarship walk-on. — Gary Bedore may 31, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2026 Sure, YouTube could just use the platform to promote MrBeast with a nice walk-on appearance the way ABC now uses it to promote Kimmel. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 31 May 2026 Rebecca S’Manga Frank plays Corrina, an amiable new waitress at Wally’s who tips Kenneth off that there might be an opening at one of the banks, as well as a litany of other walk-on roles, including additional waitstaff at Wally’s and bank customers who test Kenneth’s composure. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for walk-on

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One of West Hartford’s earlier patrol officers, Martin McCue, started as a part-time supernumerary in 1929 and became a full-time officer a year later.

— Don Stacom, courant.com, 12 Nov. 2020
Broken into six-hour installments spaced out over two weeks, the hallucinatory concert extravaganza is being custom tailored, with local musicians, guest artists and glittery supernumeraries brought in for the occasion.

— Charles McNulty, latimes.com, 14 Mar. 2018

Definition of supernumerary

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While costar Martin Short has been nominated for lead actor in a comedy series every year since the cozy mystery comedy debuted in 2021, Martin and Gomez have only netted one nomination each over the show's long run.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 8 July 2026
The actor has nothing but incredible things to say about his costar and on screen fiancée.

— Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Definition of costar

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The Fever committed 17 turnovers, which the Sparks (9-11) converted into 22 points, and star Caitlin Clark scored her second-fewest point total this season with just nine in limited minutes.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Since the homemade icing on the cake is so sweet, and the real star of the show, my mom always opts for a lighter chocolate cake mix, like milk chocolate, instead of dark chocolate or fudge.

— Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 8 July 2026

Definition of star

Noun

With all the drama surrounding outgoing coach Jamahl Mosley, the switch to Spurs assistant Sean Sweeney as leading man could have the Magic off the mat in no time.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky As a longtime friend of the radio host, Kelly Ripa's leading man officiated the 2008 ceremony, which also included a performance by Billy Joel and a raunchy roast delivered by Chevy Chase.

— Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026

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