by virtue of

And the Eagles hold the tiebreaker over the Rams by virtue of their Week 3 victory at Philadelphia.

Somehow Mr. Carlson equates this defensible contention with the idea that “you should be killed by virtue of who your parents are.”

“One of the defendants stabbed the detainee in his buttocks with a sharp object, which penetrated near the anus and caused a tear in his rectal wall. Following this, one of the defendants ordered the detainee to put a baton, which he held by virtue of his position, into his mouth,” the indictment reads.

“We have a great opportunity by virtue of what we have achieved.”

By virtue of its reputation — freshly burnished in 2023 when it became only the second Los Angeles institution to win a Regional Tony Award — the playhouse has attracted a talented, highly qualified roster of teaching artists including McDonald and the Julliard School-trained actor Brandon Gill who teaches a class called Teen Acting Intensive, and recently starred in a mainstage production of Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog / Underdog.”