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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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Recent Examples of walk-on
Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Studios in Los Angeles, Oscars music director Michael Bearden is running a live orchestra through a selection of bumper music and walk-on/walk-off songs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
Sam at the time was a redshirting walk-on, which on the basketball-player hierarchy is maybe a half-step up from team manager.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
Salter won a preseason competition but was benched after two games in favor of former walk-on Ryan Staub, who struggled in a loss to Houston.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Noun
The tooth went flying and members of the UCLA staff scurried around to try and find it, with UCLA walk-on Jack Seidler eventually finding it.
—Daily News, 21 Mar. 2026
Studios in Los Angeles, Oscars music director Michael Bearden is running a live orchestra through a selection of bumper music and walk-on/walk-off songs.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2026
Sam at the time was a redshirting walk-on, which on the basketball-player hierarchy is maybe a half-step up from team manager.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026
Salter won a preseason competition but was benched after two games in favor of former walk-on Ryan Staub, who struggled in a loss to Houston.
—David Ubben, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walk-on
Noun
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Scenes are often crowded with supernumeraries.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
30 Mar. 2023
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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
Noun
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Original costar Rosa Salazar then dropped out of the series, with Fumero stepping into her role.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Days prior, news broke that police were investigating a domestic dispute between her costar, Taylor Frankie Paul, and Paul's ex-partner, Dakota Mortenson.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Simpson emerged as a spear-carrier for Social Security benefit cuts in 2010, when he was appointed the GOP co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Barack Obama as a sop to conservative deficit hawks.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Food and drink act as pleasant extras here rather than the main focus of the stay, but plenty of dining options are a short walk away.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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But not all of these theme park extras are worth the cost.—
Megan duBois,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The global streamer recently picked up multiple territories on Markus Schleinzer’s black-and-white period drama Rose, which premiered in Berlin and won best actress for star Sandra Hüller (Project Hail Mary).—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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The original screenplay, written by actress and writer Carol Harrison (The Elephant Man), is inspired by her West End musical, All or Nothing, and will be directed by BAFTA winner Adrian Shergold (Funny Cow).—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Republicans will be looking to help Collins in an election year, Shaheen is making a big legacy play in her last year in office, Warnock is a rising Democratic star, and Kennedy brings some heft from the right to the table.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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By the nineteen-eighties, she was basically finished as a movie star.—
Matt Weinstock,
New Yorker,
25 Mar. 2026
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Hitless in his first four Grapefruit League games – having missed nearly the entire Grapefruit League slate due to the World Baseball Classic – Yoshida went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI and run scored.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
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Hitless in his first four Grapefruit League games – having missed nearly the entire Grapefruit League slate due to the World Baseball Classic – Yoshida went 2 for 4 with a pair of doubles, two RBI and run scored.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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Chinese American actor Wang, however, reaffirms his leading man capabilities in a teen comedy that’s all about embracing the awkwardness of high school.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
23 Mar. 2026
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Gosling and Ortiz’s dynamic — equal parts humorous, tense and genuinely moving — gives the film its emotional core, providing the leading man with a scene partner who draws out some of his most spontaneous and effective acting moments.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk-on. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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