walk-on
Example Sentences
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How it happened is a tale of speculation, the oil panic and the rotating winners from artificial intelligence, with a walk-on part for the weird way indexes work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
After years of learning the techniques of a long snapper, Olson earned a first-string spot at the position for Orange Lutheran and joined the Trojans in 2015 as a walk-on player.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
That makes me excited to wake up and do the whole, like, walk-on or whatever.
From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026
Sam Hoiberg was a walk-on who figured he’d have to leave Nebraska to make an impact.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
Louis the Goon Engel was a mere walk-on in the piece, a spear-carrier doomed to death.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
