amateurs
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Forward Exauce Luyindula was the division's top scorer for renowned amateurs AAS Sarcelles - where Riyad Mahrez played until he was 18 - and has since joined Ligue 2 Guingamp.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
An old adage has it that strategy is for amateurs and logistics is for professionals.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
But as we round the first corner, almost all of the exhibits are the work of amateurs, conscripted from civilian life and professionalized into name, rank and number.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The actors, seasoned veterans as well as young amateurs, go through their lines and movements one last time before the curtain rises at the Wole Soyinka Theatre at the University of Ibadan, in southwest Nigeria.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
When these amateurs heard that the ancestors of Indians must have come to the Americas thousands of years ago, a surprising number of them decided to hunt for the evidence that would prove it.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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