hotshot
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England survived its clash with Norway with a virtuoso performance by its 23-year-old hotshot, Jude Bellingham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Johnson, who is close to her legal team, has insisted Baroness Lawrence would not have been talked into taking part by "hotshot lawyers".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Eddie Murphy vehicle chronicles a hotshot advertising executive’s rude awakening after a merger leaves him with a new boss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Logan had played the game of his life, the hotshot being lauded by the press for his lightning-quick pace and clinical finishing that put the Lancashire opposition to the sword.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
Art3mis: So, how’s life at the top of the Scoreboard, hotshot?
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Diversification isn’t a formality: Since no one knows the winners across the AI ecosystem, your AI exposure should be broad, rather than centered on one or two hotshots.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
More young, monied tech and finance hotshots would do well to take some cues from business leaders like Ng.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Firefighters also sometimes work in teams, often called hotshots, to clear vegetation from the land around a fire to contain and eventually starve it of fuel.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 10, 2023
It’s not an assignment the orchestra gives rising hotshots or conductors it sees once a decade.
From New York Times ● Feb. 22, 2023
Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, programmed to crush chess hotshots instead of spurring evolution.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2023
