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Their squad arguably possesses less individual talent - only four of their 26 players currently ply their trade in one of Europe's top five leagues.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

To be honest, though, since the 40-year bond rally terminated in 2020, investors who ply their trade on the fixed-income side of the ledger have become accustomed to driving under a yellow flag.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

The demand has given rise to a burgeoning gray market, where wellness spas, multilevel marketers and telehealth websites ply the public with vials of “research grade” peptides labeled “not for human use.”

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026

And it will rely on a group of primarily Dutch recruits who ply their trade in the Netherlands and as far afield as Hungary and Saudi Arabia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

A few weeks later, early in 1930, our rather mixed threesome moved from New York to Paris, the better for Bobby to ply his new trade.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

Twenty-three are in Europe, but only Villarreal defender Logan Costa plies his trade in any of the continent's top five leagues.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

Sheinbaum's interest in her art had "changed her life," the trained business administrator said in Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where she now plies her art.

From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026

One Colombian pilot who plies the Caribbean said crews look for any advantage, from sailing at night or in rough weather, even in storms when Colombian government patrol boats might stay in port.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

She plies a similar jovial egocentrism as a substitute teacher on “Abbott Elementary,” and both characters are insufferable to the adults in the room.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2024

GOFF, and the Man, I sing, who, em'lous, plies The jointed club, whose balls invade the skies, Who from Edina's tow'rs, his peaceful home, In quest of fame o'er Letha's plains did roam.

From Poems on Golf by Edinburgh Burgess Golfing Society

“I am hanging on to an academic career by my fingernails,” the 39-year-old wrote in May, as he plied his trade as a part-time postdoc at a public university in Belgium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

At a nearby beach resort, a high-speed Coast Guard vessel plied the waters for two people still missing after swimming in waters that churned violently as the quake struck.

From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026

“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025

After he was evacuated from the front, doctors stitched up a ruptured intestine, removed part of his colon, and plied him with antibiotics.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024

The old couple had welcomed Mary into their little vine-sheltered farmhouse, had plied her with wine and cheese and bread and olives, and now didn’t want to let her go.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Yanet Dominguez, a fifth-grade teacher at the school, said parents had been plying her with questions about the building's structural safety.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Of course, Na is toying with his audience’s show me anticipation, while plying his trademark humor about rural sensibilities and desperate needling behavior.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

He’s a retired wrestler who comes back into her life after his other family kicks him to the curb, and reasons that they’re both entertainers plying their craft to make ends meet.

From Salon ● May 4, 2026

Navy could escort ships through the strait, and he has ordered an arm of the federal government to offer insurance to shipping lines plying those waters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

To our right the choppy waters of the Artibonite rushed away, and to our left were a few small vessels plying the placid blue waters.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French