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Most recently, the star of “The West Wing” has been a mainstay on Fox’s campy disaster series “9-1-1.”

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

Coming from the University of Pittsburgh, where he also played basketball and baseball and received All-America honors in football, Ditka immediately became a mainstay in the Bears lineup, going on to start 84 straight games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Just when critics thought that playing loud characters was his mainstay, he proved them wrong by delivering a mesmerising performance in Khamoshi as a person who could not hear or speak.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Ishan Kishan was India's mainstay with a crafted 80 not out, including five sixes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Owners no longer had the economic clout of being a mainstay of the economy.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

Warner and Paramount were mainstays of Hollywood’s golden era, but streaming brought tough competition from technology companies such as Netflix and Amazon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward beverages are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

The film is directed by Jon Erwin, one of the in-house Angel Studios mainstays, who also helmed “Jesus Revolution,” “I Still Believe” and “I Can Only Imagine.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

The two winners will sit in New York’s Celebrity Row, a section that typically features mainstays like Ben Stiller, Fat Joe and Timothee Chalamet.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026

And one of the mainstays of Franklin’s printing business was the publication of Indian treaties, viewed then as critical state documents.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann