standout

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“Emmy voters took their sweet time in recognizing the standout work of Rhea Seehorn on ‘Better Call Saul,’ ” writes Glenn Whipp of the reigning CCA, Saturn and Golden Globe winner.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Ruth Davies, founder of floral design studio All for Love London, is behind one of the festival's standout installations: a four-metre astronaut and a six-metre moon on the King's Road.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The in-person meetings allow him to find standout talent whose applications might blend into the masses on paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

She says her standout star has been George Fouracres, whose "Keir Starmer impression is everything I needed it to be".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

He signed up for the men’s gymnastics team, where his prodigious upper-body strength made him a standout on the rings, the high bars, and the parallel bars.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown