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walk on
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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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Kate Hogan, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Adams typically enters his Tuesday briefings accompanied by triumphant walk-on music and a phalanx of deputies, including his chief legal counsel.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
Fields, looking to revive his career after three turbulent years with the Chicago Bears, found the 5-foot-9 Austin over the middle and the former Memphis walk-on did the rest, racing to the end zone to provide the Steelers’ defense some wiggle room that was hardly required.
—Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
Check out the Tonight Show walk-on, preview video and tour dates below.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
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One such fan is Paolo Presta, who was busy working at his family's grocery store outside of Chicago when Winfrey and her team popped in to gift the aspiring actor a walk-on speaking role on Will & Grace.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 21 Oct. 2024
Adams typically enters his Tuesday briefings accompanied by triumphant walk-on music and a phalanx of deputies, including his chief legal counsel.
—Jake Offenhartz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2024
Fields, looking to revive his career after three turbulent years with the Chicago Bears, found the 5-foot-9 Austin over the middle and the former Memphis walk-on did the rest, racing to the end zone to provide the Steelers’ defense some wiggle room that was hardly required.
—Will Graves, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2024
Check out the Tonight Show walk-on, preview video and tour dates below.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024
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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
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The film, which reunites him with Annie (2014) costar Cameron Diaz, follows former CIA agents who are pulled back into espionage when their identities are discovered.Tommy McArdle, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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At least one of Fischer's costars was in on the surprise, though.Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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The car up for sale features a couple of attractive (and expensive) extras, including a Liquid Silver with Nismo Red accent color scheme, which added over $27,000 to the final cost, and a hydraulic rear wing, which added $38,000 more.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
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To give a sense of the scale, there were more than 14,000 extras used across the six installments, which filmed in the driver’s native Brazil as well as in Argentina, Uruguay, Northern Ireland and Monaco (remarkably, 100 Years of Solitude had even more extras — see below).Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
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The deal brings the two-time Oscar-winning actress into the Universal fold alongside some of the studio’s other buzzy first-look relationships with filmmakers like Jordan Peele, Steven Spielberg, the Daniels, David Leitch, and more.Brian Welk, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
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The actress says the idea behind the slate of biopics is to bring quality stories to life from people who were actually there.Nicole Fell, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024
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Loading your audio article From one of pop music’s biggest stars to an opera about Mount Everest and a music festival inspired by Leonard Cohen, there is a lot to see and do in the Bay Area this weekend.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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How did Kornacki become famous? Kornacki became somewhat of an internet star during the 2020 presidential election with his wall-to-wall election coverage as ballot-counting lasted for days in crucial battleground states.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk-on. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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