sideline
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He wasn’t the last Roman politician to sideline the Senate in a bid to obtain extraordinary powers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Dicker was spotted going into the sideline medical tent early in the game for an undisclosed reason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
“People used to sideline her mirrored installations,” Chiu said, “but they give people a chance to step into her infinity. Somehow she became a phenomenon.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
First, Jefferson ran from one sideline to the other in the backfield, evading would-be defenders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
I stepped toward the sideline, away from the goal.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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"The markets are very cruel," he told AFP on the sidelines of the conference, lamenting the barriers that smallholders producing organic food face in reaching consumers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Speaking to AFP on the sidelines of a G20 gathering in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Karp said the problem was that sovereignty decisions were being made by people without the expertise to judge them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Bessent said he plans to meet his Canadian counterpart, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne, on the sidelines for further talks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
The seven-time major winner walked on to Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday to begin his US Open title defence after spending just over four months on the sidelines with a wrist injury.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
“And where will you lot traffick potions and poisons when my pub’s closed down? What’ll happen to your little sidelines then?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Celebrating the "historic" pact on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan interim leader Delcy Rodriguez both sidelined the notion of elections in the near future.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Defensively, Giovanni Leoni and Conor Bradley are sidelined with long-term injuries and Joe Gomez's pre-season injury prompted Liverpool to bring in Araujo on loan from Barcelona.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Zoe Kazan is the writer and co-showrunner of the Netflix project, which stars Florence Pugh as anti-heroine Cathy Ames — a character sidelined in the 1955 film.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
The brothers were nearly sidelined after a corruption scandal in Brazil almost a decade ago, in which they admitted to bribing politicians and spent several months in jail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
After pulling off one of the great suburban escapes of all time, I’m getting sidelined on a technicality.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
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So much can go wrong if he’s pitching, and any pitching injury could have the double whammy of sidelining him as a hitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
He then nominated LaNeve for Army vice chief of staff after sidelining the incumbent, Gen. James Mingus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
The ban might help domestic drone makers grow at home by sidelining DJI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 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