hotshot
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Johnson, who is close to her legal team, has insisted Baroness Lawrence would not have been talked into taking part by "hotshot lawyers".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Those institutions were willing to lock up their dollars with hotshot managers for years, giving them authority on how to invest them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 2, 2026
People start claiming your hotshot 27-year-old offensive coordinator is the reason for your success.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026
He was no longer the hotshot Duke star, the aimless former lottery pick, the reliable NBA starter, the trusted vet or famous podcaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
“That wouldn’t have been a bad idea. No. I told Alicia that I was a hotshot guard on the basketball team. Is that O.K. with you?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Diversification isn’t a formality: Since no one knows the winners across the AI ecosystem, your AI exposure should be broad, rather than centered on one or two hotshots.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
A fellow member of the elite El Cariso hotshots was quoted on the GoFundMe recalling the incident.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025
Firefighters also sometimes work in teams, often called hotshots, to clear vegetation from the land around a fire to contain and eventually starve it of fuel.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 10, 2023
I’m in my late 20s and have done well enough in my career, but I’m still very junior to some of these hotshots.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, programmed to crush chess hotshots instead of spurring evolution.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2023
