sideline
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Rezaei’s role as a key interlocutor could sideline other Iranian figures such as Araghchi or Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of parliament.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
An injury left Weber on the sideline to start the season, but he’s back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Tafoya, meanwhile, was mocked by many upon her entry to the race, as former Sunday Night Football sideline reporters don’t have substantial governing backgrounds.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2026
When I ask Ms. Tafoya about the polls, she responds by recalling her years as a sideline reporter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Because no one would dare sideline the all-American star football and baseball player.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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The coaches on both sidelines wore Orange County Fire Authority hats as a token of gratitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Trump, Putin and China's President Xi Jinping were expected to hold talks on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit next month, hiking European and Ukrainian fears a deal could be struck over their heads.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Sitting on the sidelines gives you fewer choices, and often suboptimal choices.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
After the Cowboys moved from their original home, the Cotton Bowl, to the sparkling new Texas Stadium in 1971, they needed a commensurately bigger spectacle on the sidelines, too.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Instead, he was relegated to the sidelines as a marginal player while Johnny-come-latelies like Hamilton and Madison occupied center stage.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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"Despite the study's adherence to its mandate, its findings were sidelined."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
But experts say the unrest reflects a broader sense among many young Europeans that they have been shut out of politics and sidelined.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
A back injury sidelined him against the Eagles, but he will return to the lineup on Monday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
The British number five reached the third round at the Beijing Open earlier this month in her first WTA tournament for six months, having been sidelined with a stress fracture in her back.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
A lot of that comes from being good at sports, but it hasn’t really hurt me that I’m sidelined this semester.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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His campaign erected billboards denouncing discrimination against the Sephardim, and his party accused Netanyahu of sidelining Sephardic members of Likud by limiting their media appearances during the campaign.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
So much can go wrong if he’s pitching, and any pitching injury could have the double whammy of sidelining him as a hitter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The author is respectfully aware of this literature, but he tries to make a virtue out of sidelining the scientific evidence in favor of the written testimony.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
A blanket freeze risks sidelining Maine from the fastest-growing sector in the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
And while previous TV adaptations root into the emotional interiority of their male characters while sidelining female desire, “The Forsytes” places more narrative purpose in the hands of its women.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
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