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
Unable to land a scholarship coming out of high school, Jones used his academic success to enroll at UCLA, where he played as a walk-on for a strong Bruin team coached by Sigi Schmid.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
But she failed to hear her husband Mark's voice on a phone call with Kathy, or see her son's walk-on cameo at the Queen Vic.
From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026
“If I did nothing but eat and lift for six months,” a football fan might fantasize, “I could be a walk-on at the next Jets training camp.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
If they are to have anything more than a mere walk-on part, they should very quickly explain themselves.
From The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors by Klickmann, Flora
