selected

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Last month, the Rams selected former Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson with the 13th pick in the draft.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Ward immediately suggested an all-star baseball exhibition game, with its players selected by fan voting, to be billed as the Game of the Century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"At elite sports schools, talented students were usually selected and trained from elementary or middle school."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

"I finished at 3pm and rang my dad," Walcott said in his first interview after finding out he had been selected.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

She had rejected the extravagantly frilled silver blouse they tried to put her in and selected a thin, emerald-green jersey, tucked into the trousers.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell