understudy
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After signing from Sheffield United in 2017, Ramsdale was an understudy to experienced goalkeeper Asmir Begovic at the Vitality Stadium for two years before his breakthrough.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Buttler is facing a spell on the sidelines with his hamstring injury but on this evidence England have a capable understudy.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
But on Saturday, the quarterback who had chosen to become an understudy was suddenly asked to become a savior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
I was cast as an understudy on the soap opera “One Life to Live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
He spoke like an understudy for Al Pacino, all spit and curved vowels.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
They were looking to go undefeated in AFC West games, and got to 5-0 with an array of understudies, particularly along the offensive line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
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
Just as they do on Broadway, UFC called on the understudies.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
We are on sufferance, we are only understudies in the love drama, but fortunately the star seldom appears on the scene.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
During that production, he also understudied the musical director of the show, Carl Davis - who similarly became a prominent composer for film and television.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
She said it is too new and understudied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
"The role of astrocytes in central nervous system healing is remarkably understudied," said David Underhill, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Sciences.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2026
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
And when she wasn't functioning as the ubiquitous wet-blanket, Papa Dupont understudied for her, and did it most efficiently, too.
From Red Masquerade by Louis Joseph Vance
A staple of the D.C. area’s stages since 2015, the 28-year-old actor already knew the part after understudying it for a 2020 production at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023
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 Harry Belafonte in "Days of our Youth."
From Fox News ● Jan. 7, 2022
My fantasy is that the actor I’m understudying books some big Marvel movie.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
"I am understudying Molly," she answered, "and I have a very small part at the Globe."
From Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
Vocabulary lists containing understudy
Theater - Introductory
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