sideline
Example Sentences
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She followed her dad from gym to gym, quietly learning the craft from the sidelines.
From BBC
The “skein of historical fact, local lore, best-guesswork, and poetry” that comprises his book “depended on its subject’s remaining silent and on the sidelines.”
Many are from Europe, he told AFP on the sidelines of a tasting, but there is also one from Himalayan springs in Bhutan and another from a mineral water mecca in Mexico.
From Barron's
Leading up to the meet, she was ready to watch from the sidelines as she was recovering from a minor ankle injury.
From Los Angeles Times
Or the time when she appeared next to Belichick on the sidelines on game day wearing a reptile mini-skirt and knee-high boots.
From BBC
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