hotshot
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England survived its clash with Norway with a virtuoso performance by its 23-year-old hotshot, Jude Bellingham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Johnson, who is close to her legal team, has insisted Baroness Lawrence would not have been talked into taking part by "hotshot lawyers".
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
The Eddie Murphy vehicle chronicles a hotshot advertising executive’s rude awakening after a merger leaves him with a new boss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
Renzo Reginato, a member of the Cleveland National Forest El Coriso hotshot team, was one of three firefighters injured in the July 18 incident in Siskiyou County, according to the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2025
Art3mis: So, how’s life at the top of the Scoreboard, hotshot?
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Diversification isn’t a formality: Since no one knows the winners across the AI ecosystem, your AI exposure should be broad, rather than centered on one or two hotshots.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
Firefighters also sometimes work in teams, often called hotshots, to clear vegetation from the land around a fire to contain and eventually starve it of fuel.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 10, 2023
The track’s first race was a celebrity pro-am featuring entertainment industry hotshots paired with professional drivers, and it aired as a TV special.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
I’m in my late 20s and have done well enough in my career, but I’m still very junior to some of these hotshots.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Not too long ago, chess-playing computers—the supervillain of many a human grandmaster—were as intimidating physically as they were virtually: bulky, sturdy, sleek, jet-black monoliths in miniature, programmed to crush chess hotshots instead of spurring evolution.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2023
