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sideline

[sahyd-lahyn] / ˈsaɪdˌlaɪn /


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After setting the tone defensively against the Kings, forwards Ziaire Williams and Matisse Thybulle watched from the sideline Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Speaking to reporters after the game, he indicated that the crowd noise affected the communication between the sideline and field.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

This time, it’s with Mendoza, who won last season’s college football national championship with Indiana and now has the luxury of learning Kubiak’s system from the sideline.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

I knelt down on that sideline, took off my sports goggles, and started to cry.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

As big pharmaceutical companies stay on the sidelines, black-market manufacturers, many in China, have filled the void.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

With the U.S. on the sidelines, Saudi Arabia has turned to other nations, including Turkey and Pakistan, with which it recently signed a tripartite, NATO-style mutual defense agreement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

"The project is so massive that it's basically hard to really grasp, even though we're right here on the sidelines," Pitkanen said, as a few cows dozed in a meadow in front of the barn.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Modric was forced to watch from the sidelines as further goals from Saka and Morgan Rogers extended England's advantage before the final whistle.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

“Do you mind if you only play on the sidelines, Robert?”

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

He left Baidu for Google, and later left OpenAI as well over strategy, believing AI safety there had been sidelined.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Rams receiver Puka Nacua, who was sidelined the last two games because of a hip injury, is expected to play on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles, coach Sean McVay said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

He was sidelined for nearly five months, undergoing specialist cardiac monitoring, before returning to play.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Nacua, an All-Pro who led the NFL in receptions last season, was sidelined for a few weeks of preseason practices because of a psoas injury.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

During the French and Indian War, he had botched one mission, witnessed a bloody massacre of British troops, and then been sidelined as the conflict moved away from Virginia.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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

His government nationalized hotels, closed casinos and turned to Soviet-backed sugar exports for revenue, sidelining tourism for decades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 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

It has brought fresh infamy to “The Bachelor” and its format of prioritizing fairy-tale romance scenarios inside an isolated bubble while sidelining real-world issues centered on social trends, mental health and cultural shifts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 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




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