cheerleader

You need someone who is your cheerleader but will also call you out when you let good habits slip.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rivera is best known for her portrayal of the Afro-Latino queer cheerleader Santana Lopez in “Glee,” and Dorsey has acted in TV shows including “Justified” and “Palm Royale.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

“Dorothy’s been my biggest cheerleader the entire time,” Tiedemann says of Bandier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

Panettiere’s high school hero emerged on TV during the “sheroes” era of the aughts, arriving in the wake of Sydney Bristow on “Alias” and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” another cheerleader turned supernatural brawler.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Maybe if you were a petite cheerleader again. But—I’m not sure if you fully realize this—you’re a big, threatening dude today. My mother’s voice is very loud and clear in my head: ‘No dark corners.’”

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

There were fewer band members and cheerleaders than normal, and the crowd was not as loud as during ASU home games – they averaged 54,000 last season.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

As a result, America’s financial institutions, with the exception of a few major skeptics, have found themselves as AI’s biggest cheerleaders in a capacity that extends beyond IPO road shows.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Soon after, the cheerleaders for the 1976 championship basketball team came out to perform.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

Then the ingénue from the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders docuseries quit the whole thing—the squad, the hit show and the famous hot-pants uniform with matching white cowboy boots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

In one, she wore a cheerleading uniform, and another showed her with a bunch of other cheerleaders on a football field.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks