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Having sparked their 2-0 win at Sunderland in September with the crucial first goal, the £75m summer signing came off the bench again to have a pivotal impact against Leeds on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

“We’ve never been so this is maybe our last chance,” Tom Beattie said, sitting on a bench with their border terrier Annie as his wife called her sister from the pay phone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

We've got incredible players coming off the bench, changing the game.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

It would be strange for the Dodgers to bench Shohei Ohtani, but it’s clear that pretending he’s healthy enough to provide meaningful at-bats isn’t helping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

She led me away from the house then, to the garden bench set against the back wall—the bench where she and Papi always used to sit on summer evenings when they wanted to be alone.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

Some rested on cots and benches with their dogs in hallways, while others lay with blankets on the floors of classrooms where desks and chairs were pushed to the side.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

Sleeping in flophouses and on bus stop benches.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

"A £4m defender is usually the last spot on FPL managers' benches but Lundstram was misclassified by FPL towers and was actually a box-to-box midfielder," says Woods.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Until Ted benches her, however, she is a device, a measuring stick against which Ted and Rebecca stack their values.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

I spin around, and right by the benches is Sandy, jumping to his feet.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

He was then benched for England's run to the T20 World Cup semi-finals in the spring.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Early in her career in Chicago, she said she had to bring her son to a team meeting and was punished by being benched.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2026

The controversy comes seven months after ABC briefly benched Kimmel over remarks he made in the wake of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

In the weeks leading up to that explosive interview, he was left upset after meetings with the Liverpool hierarchy, including sporting director Richard Hughes, where it was outlined that he could be benched.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

She had even benched Kanue midgame simply so her other players didn’t start to rely on him.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

The players were caught, resulting in the coach benching them for an upcoming game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

“But in today’s landscape, benching your stars isn’t realistic. Wins are too valuable, and money — whether we admit it or not — drives everything.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

She also has experience managing some of the company’s most delicate and important commercial and creative relationships, from the recent carriage dispute with YouTube TV to September’s benching and reinstatement of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

Johnson does not face the same competition for his place with Wales, which is why his benching against Belgium was so striking, despite his indifferent form.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025

Lemuel entered a lighted doorway from a bricked courtyard, and found himself with twenty or thirty houseless comrades in a large, square room, with benching against the wall for them to sit on.

From The Minister's Charge by William Dean Howells