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He is in his third season with the Padres and served as bench coach for their Class-A affiliate in Lake Elsinore in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

He emptied his bench in a desperate attempt to stem the flow, but his substitutions, five in 12 befuddled minutes, had zero impact.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu has paid the price for an indifferent showing in South Africa's defeat by New Zealand, with the fly-half dropping to the bench for Saturday's rematch in Cape Town.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

McDonald, the new Sullivan & Cromwell lead attorney, wasn’t an antitrust specialist, though his two partners on the matter were, and Live Nation already had a deep bench of top flight lawyers from other firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

When the formula was warm he went back into the living room and curled up on the window bench.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

"There were no benches, no bathrooms, no drinking water, no facilities at all. Even animals would not be kept in such a place," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Sam Wilmot founded the Instagram account Rate This Bench in 2019 after jokingly judging benches while out walking with friends.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Before the full-scale war, her small business made outdoor furniture and ornaments such as benches, flower pots and wash basins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Tail Town’s main room is filled with stacked cat beds, an exercise wheel, two huge rectangular storage benches sprinkled with doughnut-shaped beds, and cat-themed art on the walls.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Sleepy people were sitting and lying on benches fashioned from tree trunks, including women with children, and babies on their backs.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

Coach Rod Brind’Amour benched starting goalie Frederik Andersen in Game 3, inserting Brandon Bussi, who then led the team to three straight wins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

The controversy comes seven months after ABC briefly benched Kimmel over remarks he made in the wake of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026

In the weeks leading up to that explosive interview, he was left upset after meetings with the Liverpool hierarchy, including sporting director Richard Hughes, where it was outlined that he could be benched.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

But Jazz coach Will Hardy benched his top players -- a similar move to what he had done in their game against Orlando two days earlier.

From Barron's ● Feb. 14, 2026

Then I get benched for the entire first half.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander

The players were caught, resulting in the coach benching them for an upcoming game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

“But in today’s landscape, benching your stars isn’t realistic. Wins are too valuable, and money — whether we admit it or not — drives everything.”

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 30, 2026

She also has experience managing some of the company’s most delicate and important commercial and creative relationships, from the recent carriage dispute with YouTube TV to September’s benching and reinstatement of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

Inter coach Cristian Chivu started with Lautaro Martinez and Ange-Yoan Bonny up front, benching Marcus Thuram after Sunday's disappointing derby defeat by AC Milan.

From Barron's ● Nov. 26, 2025

Cool it is, and of a pulverous smell, as a sacred place should be; a blessed benching goes round the wall, and you sit down and take unlimited comfort in the frescos.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. by Various