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sideline

[sahyd-lahyn] / ˈsaɪdˌlaɪn /


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And as time ticked down with him on the sideline, the Niners’ comfortable 38-17 win showed the extraordinary value that Purdy brings to his team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

He dropped back, flicked his wrist and hit running back Nolan James streaking down the sideline for a 36-yard gain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

The coordinator plans to move from the sideline up into the booth for this game, hoping that will give him a better play-calling vantage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

He came in with 1,570 yards passing and 24 touchdowns, but on his second pass of the game, he came to the sideline in severe pain revealing the challenge he was facing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

He led us at a sprint down the far sideline.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

But I had to stand on the sidelines and watch that happen.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

Regular sellers can watch the housing market and list their property within days if conditions turn favorable—say, a drop in mortgage rates that gets buyers off the sidelines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

"This attack is unprecedented in both its scale and its level of aggression," Barrot said on the sidelines of a G7 foreign ministers' meeting in Paris.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

Osario and the school’s athletic director Dion Coley invited her to apply to be a voluntary coach to satisfy any concerns about her presence on the football sidelines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

They were confident, and on their way to the assigned field they made fun of the competition—decked out with matching gear bags and all those silly-looking parents perched on the sidelines.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John

Previously sidelined by the Iran war, the US-led talks are resuming after Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and business partner Steve Witkoff went to both Moscow and Kyiv.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Minteh's return to fitness is expected to be followed closely by that of Kaoru Mitoma, who has been sidelined since May with a hamstring complaint.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

What Musk once described as Tesla’s “best ever” product will now be sidelined in favor of a focus on autonomous vehicles.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

James’s two previous biographers sidelined his fiction in favor of his scholarly work and leadership positions at Cambridge University and Eton College.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

According to a study by the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, each year the average jockey is injured three times and spends a total of almost eight weeks sidelined by injuries incurred on the track.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

His campaign erected billboards denouncing discrimination against the Sephardim, and his party accused Netanyahu of sidelining Sephardic members of Likud by limiting their media appearances during the campaign.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Comic Relief: Feeling a little terrified about how quickly technology seems to be sidelining humanity?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

Feeling a little terrified about how quickly technology seems to be sidelining humanity?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

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


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