understudy

I was cast as an understudy on the soap opera “One Life to Live.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

In 2023 he was playing Gandalf in a stage version of Lord of the Rings when he felt himself "switching off" and an understudy had to take over for the rest of the run.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

When Hiller did, general manager Ken Holland promoted his understudy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

The idea of having Foden as Kane's central striking understudy is now a non-starter after the experiment of using him as a false nine against Japan was cut short after less than an hour.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Nancy remembered that an understudy was someone who learned a starring role in case he or she might have to be a substitute at the last minute.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene

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

Harry Kane is obviously England's first-choice striker but a back injury sharpens the focus on his understudies.

From BBC ● May 20, 2024

Instead he returned to lead a team that was relying on freshmen and understudies to step into starring roles around him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Had there been a real leader in the Senate who could carry on the fight with vigor and finesse, the treaty might even then have been saved; but Wilson's system had permitted no understudies.

From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour

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

He recently analysed just how understudied most other bacteria have been relative to E. coli.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

The Bowl granted him three weeks off for rehearsals in July, where he also understudied as Erivo’s Jesus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2025

A successful soloist at Friday rehearsal may be found incompetent by Sunday, so that all solo work is carefully understudied.

From The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. by John Spencer Curwen

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 was there where Poitier was given the role of understudying Belafonte in "Days of our Youth."

From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022

In 2019, Johnson made history as the first actor of color to take the Broadway stage as the bubbly, blond enchantress while understudying the coveted part.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

Hopkins found that calling early, and within a decade of graduating from college he was understudying for Laurence Olivier at London’s National Theatre.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2021

At fifty, Tibbit, understudying Henfrey as captain of the side, summoned to his young friend Todby from short leg, and instructed him to "have a go" at the top end.

From The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse