hotshot
Example Sentences
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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
Shifting the center of mass rearward dramatically improved the Corvette’s balance and hotshot acceleration.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Top Gun was a breakthrough for Kilmer, who played Iceman, the rival to Cruise's hotshot Maverick at the US Navy's academy for elite fighter pilots.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2025
A hotshot crew of scientists burrows down through Earth’s layers to jump-start the core with a nuclear bomb.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2024
They advertise in about a thousand magazines, always showing some hotshot guy on a horse jumping over a fence.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
