erstwhile
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Erstwhile ace Walker Buehler has been inconsistent and often underwhelming in his return from a second Tommy John surgery and a left-hip injury and completed six innings only once in his last 11 starts.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024
Erstwhile comedian Volodymyr Zelensky is now lionized as an inspirational leader across much of the globe.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023
Erstwhile Liverpool defender Nick Tanner has regained the number one spot in the fantasy football world rankings, days after he was briefly overtaken by the world’s top chess player, Magnus Carlsen.
From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2019
Erstwhile Johnson nemesis and slightly dubious Brexiteer Michael Gove is now head of the Cabinet Office, a position that for extremely British reasons is technically called “Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.”
From Slate • Jul. 25, 2019
Erstwhile didst thou say that thou wouldst not let thy greatness sink so long as life lasteth.
From Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12) by Various
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