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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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Recent Examples of walk-on
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Some of the objections have come from walk-on football players, who aren’t eligible for payments, and athletes in small sports who are receiving very small payments.
—Eddie Pells, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
Guiton inherits a quarterback room that will look almost entirely different from last season, save for the return of redshirt freshman walk-on Milos Spasojevic.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Toward the end of the video, there are walk-on cameos from Lady Gaga and Rosé, the far more conventional duet partners with whom Mars has a pair of recent smashes, but who clearly want some of this refracted salaciousness for themselves.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Zach Carter, a 34-year-old walk-on head coach, has guided Bellflower High to its first league basketball championship since 1978 in his second season as a head coach.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
Some of the objections have come from walk-on football players, who aren’t eligible for payments, and athletes in small sports who are receiving very small payments.
—Eddie Pells, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
Guiton inherits a quarterback room that will look almost entirely different from last season, save for the return of redshirt freshman walk-on Milos Spasojevic.
—Jesse Temple, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Toward the end of the video, there are walk-on cameos from Lady Gaga and Rosé, the far more conventional duet partners with whom Mars has a pair of recent smashes, but who clearly want some of this refracted salaciousness for themselves.
—Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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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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The Stranger Things star dropped a Millie Bobby bombshell about her actual middle name during an interview with Buzzfeed UK alongside her Electric State costar Chris Pratt.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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From one actress who met her husband through her Hamilton costar to another actor who has been married to his wife for over 25 years, here's everything to know about the real-life loves of the Doctor Odyssey cast.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The extras An all-new 24-inch, 4K entertainment screen is front and center at every seat.—
Chris Dong,
AFAR Media,
26 Feb. 2025
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Many crystal decanter sets come with extras like glass coasters, personalized engraving, stainless steel chilling spheres or recipe books.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Gold and Diamond Evening Purse: Estimated Value $100,000 to $200,000 Taylor was seen with her gold and diamond evening purse in December 1964, when the actress and her then-husband, Richard Burton, attended the Lido premiere, which was a burlesque show, in Paris, per Julien’s.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
27 Feb. 2025
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One of those people is Emmy-winning actress, activist and producer Kerry Washington.—
Richard Fowler,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The stars came out to shine for the Trojans as Kiki Iriafen and JuJu Watkins each scored 22 points in the victory.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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The young star played Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live from 1994 to 1997, and then went on to play Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light from 1997 to 2000.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk-on. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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