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Even die-hard fans pay little attention to the second round of the draft, when surefire superstars are long gone and many players selected don’t even make their teams’ rosters.

That singular focus has made him the most reliable receiver in college football and, come April, a surefire first-round NFL draft pick, all while somehow maintaining a strikingly low profile for a pass catcher of his caliber.

‘It Was Just an Accident’ and ‘Sentimental Value’ are now surefire Oscar contenders — as is one former winner the Cannes jury overlooked.

This week's trial of three undercover operatives, accused of helping the Kremlin to wage a hybrid warfare campaign to "destabilise" France, sounds like a surefire recipe for drama, sophistication, and intrigue.

Vice President JD Vance, in a speech to the Munich Security Conference in February, slammed European governments for blocking popular parties from power, calling it a “surefire way to destroy democracy.”