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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 trouble with becoming an amateur food-safety inspector is that the job is never quite finished.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The next day he’ll come into his office, gushing about a moving amateur rendition of “My Way.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

There are portraits of a woman and a little girl, small amateur photographs taken against an ivy-clad wall.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Skintight running unitards long worn by professional sprinters are taking off among amateurs with no podium ambitions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The selected members were no starry-eyed amateurs: Both Lavíll and Aramburú were professional actors in their countries, while the honey-voiced Penna won the fifth season of “The Voice Kids, Brasil” in 2020.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

An old adage has it that strategy is for amateurs and logistics is for professionals.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026

William rode alongside top professional players and keen amateurs at the Guards Polo Club in Windsor Great Park.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Luis Alvarez, who was privileged to serve as a protege of both Loomis and Lawrence, called him “the last of the great amateurs of science.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik