amateur
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Kremlev would likewise see his star rise, going from the president of the Russian Boxing Federation to the head of the international amateur boxing association in 2020.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
There are amateur bike races that start in the dark at 5:45 a.m.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
An amateur gardener is nurturing his giant pumpkin in preparation for an RHS competition later this month.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
In images from 2024, Sánchez-Lavega and amateur astronomers Trevor Barry and Jean-Paul Oger noticed a faint, wavy band near Saturn's south pole.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Keeper had found me an obliging old colonel of the Buffs, something of an amateur historian himself, who had read the relevant pages of my typescript and faxed through his suggestions.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
An old adage has it that strategy is for amateurs and logistics is for professionals.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
As the pre-war avant-garde’s celebration of image-breaking, violent spectacle and weird hybridizing became muddy reality in the field, the amateurs outstripped the professionals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 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
Unusually, Rai wears two gloves instead of the one which virtually everyone else across the world - professional and amateurs alike - wears for enhanced grip.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
The crier unslung and pegged the shining harp and, taking Demodokos’s hand, led him along with all the rest—Phaiakian peers, gay amateurs of the great games.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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