amateur
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Instead, he’s in Sweden, raising two boys, working as a quality control inspector for a textile company and playing amateur soccer for a team in the country’s fifth division.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The movie becomes a sort of caper in which Mr. Fielder is joined by a fellow amateur sleuth investigating the two personalities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
In the survey, 62% of players described themselves as professional, 27% selected semi-professional and 12% chose amateur.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
"It's absolutely heartbreaking. It really is emotionally devastating, because it's utter despair: no more lake," said amateur local historian David Favre, who lives in the Swiss village of Les Brenets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
A thirty-five-year-old amateur photographer, McCunn told friends that the main reason for the trip was to shoot pictures of wildlife.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
The exchanges include Kalshi, the prediction market whose bets on sports, elections and other events have exploded in popularity with both pros and amateurs alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The amateurs can be sloppy or reckless, though.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
An old adage has it that strategy is for amateurs and logistics is for professionals.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The actors, seasoned veterans as well as young amateurs, go through their lines and movements one last time before the curtain rises at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan, in southwest Nigeria.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
As with the search for extraterrestrial life today, the unbridled speculation of amateurs had frightened many professionals out of the field.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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