audition
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The only child of Anthony, a chiropractor, and Lorraine, who works in the tech industry, Ippolito was encouraged to audition for commercials after his baseball skills impressed a friend of his parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
He would sometimes audition for roles both in and out of hairpieces, telling producers they could have two actors for the price of one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
During the equivalent stage of the audition process two decades ago, Superman actor Henry Cavill was widely thought to have also been in the running.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
“I do not believe that lobbying for that job would have been successful, and I wanted to work for it. I wanted to audition for it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
“Don’t you worry about your daddy. You go on and audition, and I’ll deal with him later.”
From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles
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Smith and his partners are even offering $1 off beers this week, given the flooding, and are maintaining plans for Halloween costume contests, “The Voice” auditions and live music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the fourth round of auditions, she also did a northern accent and American.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
So, instead of doing one of her auditions over Zoom from her home in London, she rented a studio for an extra professional touch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Her work in Hollywood initially involved making the journey from the desert to L.A. for auditions.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
One girl—the tumbler, number eighty-eight from before—actually crawls up her father like he’s a tree, and ends up atop his shoulders, cock-a-doodle-doo-ing from on high, to celebrate being kept for the next round of auditions.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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Creevy said that after she auditioned, Black Doves writer Joe Barton wrote the dialogue to suit her, and "we added all of the stuff about Bridgend".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
On a double date with her husband and their best friends, Mona, beaming, tells the group that she’s auditioned for “a musical show.”
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
I told him, auditioned and got the role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
In the midst of the madness, she auditioned for the lead role of Satine in Baz Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge – which counts as one of the stranger experiences of her career.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
I auditioned different spellings, each worse than the last.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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She’s more interested in what simply auditioning made her feel, how she came alive, if only for a brief few moments until Jerry cut her off.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026
Watt isn’t just filling in for Tony Romo during his leave—he’s auditioning to be CBS’s top NFL game analyst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Seyfried landed the role of Karen Smith in the hit 2004 movie “Mean Girls” after auditioning for the lead part, Regina George.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
"It's kind of like you're auditioning for Australia 2029 because geographically we're definitely going to be travelling some distance in this tournament," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
What is this I’m auditioning for, a dance concert?
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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Common Senses: Aud ("Hear")
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