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usher

[uhsh-er] / ˈʌʃ ər /




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To cover rent on a tiny apartment, Mr. Stallone took low-level jobs, including a gig as an usher at a movie theater, where he got a free education in cinematic story arcs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

It will alter streaming for millions, usher in a new chapter in the film and TV industry, and leave one of the biggest US news outlets, CNN, in uncertain territory.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

With this new test, SpaceX hopes to usher in an "exciting new phase" of development that will include, among other things, tests of refueling the rocket in orbit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

But investors are starting to worry that increasing adoption of AI agents could usher in a scenario similar to what Citrini Research envisioned in a viral report published earlier this year.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Papa wrote a check and handed it to the usher, telling her he did not want to make a speech.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Every day, diligent ushers stood like bouncers at the court's heavy, soundproof doors.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Ships float off the coast throughout the year, but autumn ushers in one of the biggest sailing regattas on the Mediterranean.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

Mextly Couzin’s lighting ushers in old-fashioned Broadway pizzazz when needed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

The formal declaration of Fujimori's win brings one of Peru's tightest leadership contests of all time to a close and ushers in the Andean nation's ninth president in a decade.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

When she returns, she ushers the boys into a wood-paneled office that smells of cigarette smoke.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

One when another newly confident leader, David Cameron, ushered in the modern Tory party on the conference stage in front of digitally produced green foliage and sunlight.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The condemned woman was "loudly snoring, clearly very alive" as the journalists were ushered out of the area, Chandler told CBS.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Pruett ushered them inside, fed them and sent them away with some cash — after making them wash their own dishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I eventually left the van and police ushered me into a nearby building, where I was told moments later that it wasn’t safe in there either, and that I had to evacuate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

But often enough, Dr. Kane ushered Maggie and her mother in his carriage to visit the famous sights of his hometown: Independence Hall, Fairmount Park, and the US Mint.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

“He was ushering me into a brotherhood,” Jeon-Gi reflects on the time when Ben chose him to help make a rope swing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Many considered Winkleman, 54, to be chat show emperor Graham Norton's presumptive successor - not least because he seemed to be ushering her through himself.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

He’s uniquely responsible for ushering in an age of barbarism and will spend the rest of his life making amends in the fallen world he helped create.

From Salon ● Jul. 21, 2026

At the same time, SpaceX in 2015 successfully landed the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket, ushering in the age of partially reusable rockets.

From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026

One might even say he was in his ushering prime!

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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