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Recent Examples of would-be
Running back Junior Curtis bobbled the opening kickoff, scooped it up at the 14, veered left, avoided would-be tacklers, hit the sideline and sped his way 86 yards to a touchdown.
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Other polls show the California governor catapulting to the top of the list of would-be 2028 contenders.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
That involved the special forces paying due heed to Indigenous cosmology which suggested a malign shapeshifting being known as a duende was conspiring to hide the children from their would-be rescuers.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
The would-be return, according to Buckley, would be massive, though.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
Other polls show the California governor catapulting to the top of the list of would-be 2028 contenders.
—Amie Parnes, The Hill, 28 Aug. 2025
That involved the special forces paying due heed to Indigenous cosmology which suggested a malign shapeshifting being known as a duende was conspiring to hide the children from their would-be rescuers.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
The would-be return, according to Buckley, would be massive, though.
—Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for would-be
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Since the election, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern – untried and inexperienced, but ready to step in if the Labour Party buckles under its own blunders, and the once-mighty Conservatives drift further into political irrelevance.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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His emergence has enabled a talented, inexperienced team find its early identity.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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That new equalized funding formula went into effect after a three-year transition period in 2024, when 44 groups each got $9,269, according to the three-year awards report.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Swiss transportation company Twiliner is kicking off a new night bus service later this year that will be more akin to a business class airline seat than your typical bus.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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The uncrewed Starship prototype will follow a similar flight plan to the lastthree missions and aim to complete test objectives left untried during those tests, all of which ended prematurely.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Aug. 2025
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Better yet, take the train north to Fort Tryon Park, and study untried ones.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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The novel dials up the danger for the group of amateur detectives when an old friend from Elizabeth's (played by Mirren in The Thursday Murder Club movie) spy days comes back from her past.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Szczerek is an amateur tennis player and competes in a local tennis league in Poland, The Times reported.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Food made by white people is often associated with and critiqued for being bland and unseasoned.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Unsalted and unseasoned pasta cooking water can be cooled and used to water plants.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
16 Aug. 2025
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Zach Edey is also expected to miss the beginning portion of the season after getting surgery on his ankle in June.—
Tom Rende,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Back from holiday after a month away, John Oliver wasted no time in getting down to brass tacks, spending the beginning 10 minutes of Last Week Tonight addressing Donald Trump‘s desperate attempts to redirect national conversation away from the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
27 July 2025
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For the unskilled makeup amateurs among us, the face-sculpting technique of contouring is a little too intimidating.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
7 Aug. 2025
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When an unskilled injector offers up undereye filler, the more serious side effects can even include blindness or stroke.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
4 Aug. 2025
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After last year’s poorly received stint in Las Vegas, the market will return to Los Angeles this November at a new, untested venue — the Fairmont Century Plaza in Century City.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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This is the most stable option among Insider channels; the Beta, Dev, and Canary channels are progressively more forward-looking and untested.—
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Would-be.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/would-be. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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