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McDonald, the new Sullivan & Cromwell lead attorney, wasn’t an antitrust specialist, though his two partners on the matter were, and Live Nation already had a deep bench of top flight lawyers from other firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

Munoz - who looked lively against Como last week - can provide a spark off the bench while Iraola is also open to using Gakpo as a number nine.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Maresca had started Mateo Kovacic on the bench, so was the Italian boss sending some sort of message to those in the corridors of power at City?

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026

Greater relative abundance of both R inulinivorans and R intestinalis was also associated with better performance on the leg press and bench press.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026

“That Belgian boy and girl at the bench next to mine? This noon they became engaged!”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Sam Wilmot founded the Instagram account Rate This Bench in 2019 after jokingly judging benches while out walking with friends.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Before the full-scale war, her small business made outdoor furniture and ornaments such as benches, flower pots and wash basins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

This would vindicate the Fed’s July caution in defying the clamor from the media and financial back benches to raise rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

I laid out my sleeping bag on one of the benches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

There were rows of benches and tables where the men and women used to roll the cigars, and it smelled faintly of tobacco.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

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

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

Jarred Vanderbilt was certainly running hot Tuesday night in a rematch against Oklahoma City after he was benched in the first moments of the second quarter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

But after signing with New York last offseason, he played so poorly that he was openly criticized by owner Woody Johnson before being benched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

But Jazz coach Will Hardy benched his top players -- a similar move to what he had done in their game against Orlando two days earlier.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

Plus, I didn’t want English to get benched for something like renaming a play after me.

From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds

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

His showing was so impressive that LaFleur felt compelled to squash any chatter about benching Love, the quarterback the team signed to a $220 million contract, in favor of Willis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026

Inter coach Cristian Chivu started with Lautaro Martinez and Ange-Yoan Bonny up front, benching Marcus Thuram after Sunday's disappointing derby defeat by AC Milan.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 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