hotshot
Example Sentences
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And the craziest part is that Soriano isn’t some highly touted hotshot bursting onto the scene.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 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
Minka Kelly plays a hotshot executive — shorthand for misguided, unfulfilled — out to acquire a French Champagne vineyard.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025
Logan had played the game of his life, the hotshot being lauded by the press for his lightning-quick pace and clinical finishing that put the Lancashire opposition to the sword.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2024
I was sitting in a hotshot in L.A. when a bull found me with his flashlight about 10 P.M.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
