standout

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For most of this season you can count on at least one sketch to feature a standout performance from featured player Ashley Padilla, who has become a ringer for playing women who are either very deluded and are trying to pretend they’re not, or who are trying to manage other people’s reactions to her odd behavior.

From Los Angeles Times

Zimmerman is a cousin of Redondo Union girls’ volleyball standout Abby Zimmerman.

From Los Angeles Times

The standout characters in “Crucible” include Ford’s swaggering head of security, Harry Bennett, a former boxer who uses his Dearborn, Mich., office for rifle target practice and keeps lion cubs as pets.

From The Wall Street Journal

Every week, they are getting a standout performance from different gymnasts.

From Los Angeles Times

A former standout football player who won a national championship with Florida State, followed by a brief stint in the Army that ended with a medical discharge for PTSD, Douglas has shared his story in a documentary and on national programs like “The Tavis Smiley Show” and said he is weighing a run for Congress.

From Los Angeles Times