understudy
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But on Saturday, the quarterback who had chosen to become an understudy was suddenly asked to become a savior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
I was cast as an understudy on the soap opera “One Life to Live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Spending a season as understudy while the club were competing in the Champions League was a logical development step.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Ashley Cole was cemented as England's first-choice left-back for the 2010 World Cup, but who would go to South Africa as his understudy?
From BBC ● May 21, 2026
Therefore I propose that someone with a keen sense of the theatrical, a talent for mimicry and improvising dialogue—a playwright, perhaps?—be engaged as an understudy to the ghost, as it were.”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
Viewers watch as Jeanine intellectualizes each character’s motivations and inner thoughts, dictating them to the performers onstage and their understudies.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
His understudies, Jake Oettinger and Jeremy Swayman, are arguably better than any other goalie in the tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2025
“I think it’s a testament to those two people,” says Aubrey Matalon, who understudies both “Ride” roles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
Just as they do on Broadway, UFC called on the understudies.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
Observe any understudies for Jane around the place?
From A Certain Rich Man by William Allen White
He began studying the Tar Pits' relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections while working there as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
She said it is too new and understudied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
But the particulars of Arthur Liu’s pathway—single father by choice via surrogacy—have been largely understudied and, despite those high-profile examples, receive little public attention.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
He recently analysed just how understudied most other bacteria have been relative to E. coli.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
She understudied it all last season in London.
From The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
And the next day, I got cast understudying Faith Prince and Kate Nelligan in “Bad Habits,” a play at the Manhattan Theatre Club.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Forbach had been understudying before being promoted to Rapunzel’s Prince for the touring production.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
A nonbinary actor, Yael Reich, is currently understudying the role of Eurydice and the Fates on Broadway.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2022
Now graduated, Shavit-Lonstein works two day jobs while “swinging” — understudying multiple roles — in “Winnie the Pooh” at StoryBook Theater in Kirkland.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
It wasn't hookworm came into the New Orleans stock company where I was understudying leads and getting my chance to play big things.
From The Vertical City by Fannie Hurst
Vocabulary lists containing understudy
Theater - Introductory
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