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[uh-sahyn-muhnt] / əˈsaɪn mənt /




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He’s scheduled to throw one more live BP session before going out on a minor-league rehab assignment, Roberts said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

He seems to think the assignment was to do a sort of Peter Sellers turn, as though under the impression that the project was a broad comedy like last year’s “Fackham Hall.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Last summer, she worked as the Baltimore Banner’s general assignment sports intern as a member of the Sports Journalism Institute’s 2025 class.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

This spring, she asked Kanjorski and others to submit their chatlog history with each assignment, so she could evaluate how they interacted with AI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

But she’s also determined to fight—especially when she is given her first trial assignment.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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