amateur
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No doubt the TikTok amateur detectives would’ve momentarily shifted from true crime to the Chaplin twins, trying their damnedest to debunk what only the sisters could truly understand.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Walton has since amassed 85 amateur bouts, twice won silver at the Junior Olympics and is unbeaten as a professional with three wins and a draw.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“I find it heartbreaking that her self-esteem was allowed to sink so low. It is the postscript, for me, of her being failed by such an inadequate and amateur education.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
"Instead, she's cut back on the sauce. She makes well-informed and helpful comments about the amateur bakers' efforts."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Like many other amateur code breakers, he challenged her to break some messages in a new system that he himself had devised.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
The amateurs can be sloppy or reckless, though.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
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
They were huge eaters, but mere amateurs compared with Basil Stag Hare.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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