amateur
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Hastings made his name in the amateur era of rugby, playing for Watsonians and Edinburgh district sides before making his Scotland debut in 1986.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
But the outcome won’t change the incentives that make AI video useful for professional and amateur internet-posters—in addition to those who seek to shape public opinion in much more powerful ways.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026
It started out as an idyllic trip, with 59 crew attending to the 88 passengers -- most of them amateur birdwatchers aged 60 and up, Cenet, who is 35, told AFP in an interview.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
A group of professional and amateur astronomers in Japan has uncovered evidence that a small, distant object in the outer Solar System is surrounded by a thin atmosphere.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
She crossed them—artlessly, she felt, like some arm amateur taking the easy way out.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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