understudy
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Like the Real Madrid goalkeeper, Penders stands at 6ft 7in and has recently served as his understudy in the Belgium national team set-up.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
But on Saturday, the quarterback who had chosen to become an understudy was suddenly asked to become a savior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
I was cast as an understudy on the soap opera “One Life to Live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Burley, who also composed the theme song for the series, said he first spotted Swansea-born Jones on the musical 42nd Street as a second understudy.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
Things get complicated when a pronoun, like any good understudy, takes on different guises, depending on the roles it plays in the sentence.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
England have already lost Will Stuart and Asher Opoku-Fordjour for the Six Nations leaving Vilikesa 'Billy' Sela and Trevor Davison, who have three caps between them, as understudies to Joe Heyes at tight-head.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026
Viewers watch as Jeanine intellectualizes each character’s motivations and inner thoughts, dictating them to the performers onstage and their understudies.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025
His understudies, Jake Oettinger and Jeremy Swayman, are arguably better than any other goalie in the tournament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2025
Instead he returned to lead a team that was relying on freshmen and understudies to step into starring roles around him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
Observe any understudies for Jane around the place?
From A Certain Rich Man by William Allen White
During that production, he also understudied the musical director of the show, Carl Davis - who similarly became a prominent composer for film and television.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
He began studying the Tar Pits' relatively understudied reptile and amphibian collections while working there as a Postdoctoral Fellow.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
She said it is too new and understudied.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
Tudge selected this specialty precisely because it is so understudied.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
As it turned out, however, Herr Sturm most obligingly understudied for me....
From Red Masquerade by Louis Joseph Vance
Forbach had been understudying before being promoted to Rapunzel’s Prince for the touring production.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
Now graduated, Shavit-Lonstein works two day jobs while “swinging” — understudying multiple roles — in “Winnie the Pooh” at StoryBook Theater in Kirkland.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
It was there where Poitier was given the role of understudying Belafonte in "Days of our Youth."
From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022
My fantasy is that the actor I’m understudying books some big Marvel movie.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2021
I am understudying Cousin James to such an extent over at Widegables that I feel like the heir to his house.
From The Tinder-Box by Maria Thompson Daviess
Vocabulary lists containing understudy
Theater - Introductory
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