sideline
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And when Riley was asked why Stephens was allowed to stay on the sideline for the second half, the coach responded, incredulously, “‘cause he’s on our football team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
It was that Stephens celebrated his late tackle in the immediate aftermath, raising his arms to the home crowd before trading high-fives and smiles with teammates on the sideline.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
"That's something the manager can't really affect from the sideline, so I think as a group everyone together should take responsibility."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Last week, in a game against Long Beach Poly played at SoFi Stadium, Inglewood coach Mil’Von James was not on the sideline, according to a report from the Daily Breeze.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
On the sideline, he unzipped his backpack carefully, as though it contained something fragile and precious, which in a way it did: a single black oversized sneaker.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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“It is impacting our third quarter wholesale, but I’m very optimistic,” Ford CEO Jim Farley told reporters Wednesday on the sidelines of a company event in Detroit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
I interviewed Beshear last week on the sidelines of Bourbon & Beyond, the music festival held annually in Louisville, Kentucky.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
Iran said it had raised reopening the strait and ending hostilities during negotiations on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this past week.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Earlier in the week, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with his Chinese counterpart primarily to discuss AI development, according to U.S. officials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
She’d try to pull Cora from the sidelines, ignoring her protestations.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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He was sidelined for nearly five months, undergoing specialist cardiac monitoring, before returning to play.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Rogers eventually moved up front with fellow striker Emmanuel Emegha sidelined through injury and still waiting to make his Chelsea debut.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Hopeful return: Brandon Woodruff, one of the best starters in baseball when healthy, is rehabbing from shoulder inflammation that sidelined him in July.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Boston Red Sox: A right quadriceps strain has kept All-Star center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela sidelined for two weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
There wasn’t a class that day that wasn’t sidelined by the morning’s announcement.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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And most significantly, having to report Monday that star closer Edwin Díaz will have surgery to remove “loose bodies” in his right elbow, likely sidelining him for three months.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
A blanket freeze risks sidelining Maine from the fastest-growing sector in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is still the most sizable disruption, “effectively sidelining circa 20% of LNG trade,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
And while previous TV adaptations root into the emotional interiority of their male characters while sidelining female desire, “The Forsytes” places more narrative purpose in the hands of its women.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
From trade deals to cars, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz are increasingly joining forces to steer the EU agenda -- risking sidelining French President Emmanuel Macron.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026