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There were doubters when coach Luis de la Fuente named him to the World Cup team and those critics grew louder when de la Fuente made him a starter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
He averaged a career-high 10.2 points last season in 56 games, 13 as a starter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Call it nonna-stalgia—a culinary offshoot of the “grandmacore” aesthetic that has Gen Z picking up knitting needles, gardening gloves and sourdough starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
These days, even buying “a starter home just seems so daunting,” Gene White, a 27-year-old who works in communications, told MarketWatch.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
“You can get a starter for cheap at the Light Market, bottom level,” continued Somkit.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
For starters, they can attempt to use instant deposits to make trades.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Nine of the 11 starters in France’s win over Morocco either immigrated to France or are the children of immigrants from Madagascar, Lebanon, French Guiana and Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau and elsewhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Coaches know they can run their starters into the ground and still turn over half the team before the game is over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Indeed, in June Tuchel said the midfielder had a fight on his hands to feature in England's starting line-up at the World Cup because he had "14 or 15 potential starters" in his squad.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Of the six who were with the team at the beginning of practice in August, five were starters and the sixth was hurt.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
