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McDonagh, 56, a London native with Irish blood, transformed himself from hotshot playwright to elite filmmaker by focusing exclusively on his own screenplays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Johnson, who is close to her legal team, has insisted Baroness Lawrence would not have been talked into taking part by "hotshot lawyers".

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

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

Minka Kelly plays a hotshot executive — shorthand for misguided, unfulfilled — out to acquire a French Champagne vineyard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025

“They wanted to send some hotshot Miami lawyer down to handle his case,” Mom said, “but I told them it wasn’t necessary.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

Diversification isn’t a formality: Since no one knows the winners across the AI ecosystem, your AI exposure should be broad, rather than centered on one or two hotshots.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

Firefighters also sometimes work in teams, often called hotshots, to clear vegetation from the land around a fire to contain and eventually starve it of fuel.

From National Geographic ● Aug. 10, 2023

The track’s first race was a celebrity pro-am featuring entertainment industry hotshots paired with professional drivers, and it aired as a TV special.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023

It’s not an assignment the orchestra gives rising hotshots or conductors it sees once a decade.

From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023

Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, programmed to crush chess hotshots instead of spurring evolution.

From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2023