amateur

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But leading the cast is the mustachioed actor Timothée Chalamet, playing an amateur yet intense three-on-three manager.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 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

The fossil was discovered by an amateur collector in the Judith River Formation in Montana, a region known for preserving a rich record of a 75-million-year-old ecosystem.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

“These are films that were made by amateur filmmakers with amateur crews,” Conor says, “and they only put out a few hundred copies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

His gentle demeanor aside, he thrived on combat, and improbably, given his academic and chess prowess, he’d once been the European heavyweight amateur boxing champion.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady