understudy

Gardner’s wife, Emily Larger, is in the ensemble and serves as assistant dance captain, as well as an understudy for Mrs. Potts and Madame de l’Amour.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

The other goalkeepers in England's World Cup squad were Nottingham Forest's Dean Henderson - who was probably regarded as Pickford's understudy as he played in the third-place play-off - and James Trafford of Manchester City.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The idea of having Foden as Kane's central striking understudy is now a non-starter after the experiment of using him as a false nine against Japan was cut short after less than an hour.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

Soon Lindo was cast as an understudy to Danny Glover in “’Master Harold’…and the Boys,” a play set in apartheid-riven South Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

He spoke like an understudy for Al Pacino, all spit and curved vowels.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

They were looking to go undefeated in AFC West games, and got to 5-0 with an array of understudies, particularly along the offensive line.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

Viewers watch as Jeanine intellectualizes each character’s motivations and inner thoughts, dictating them to the performers onstage and their understudies.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2025

His understudies, Jake Oettinger and Jeremy Swayman, are arguably better than any other goalie in the tournament.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2025

Alternates, or understudies, are the people on standby to step in if a lead actor falls ill or is otherwise unable to perform.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024

At last, when the foreman had bullied his lusty understudies into a certain degree of sullen system, and the drays began to move away with their mysterious burdens, Dennis ventured to address him.

From The Flaw in the Sapphire by Charles M. Snyder

She said it is too new and understudied.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

But the particulars of Arthur Liu’s pathway—single father by choice via surrogacy—have been largely understudied and, despite those high-profile examples, receive little public attention.

From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026

"This discovery highlights the understudied biodiversity of the upper Dadu River," the researchers wrote in their report, published in the open-access journal ZooKeys.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2025

He recently analysed just how understudied most other bacteria have been relative to E. coli.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025

To Marmontel succeeded the Bailli de Fleury, "understudied" by a M. de Villeguillon, an officer of Musketeers.

From Queens of the French Stage by H. Noel Williams

A staple of the D.C. area’s stages since 2015, the 28-year-old actor already knew the part after understudying it for a 2020 production at Toby’s Dinner Theatre in Columbia.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 15, 2023

Now graduated, Shavit-Lonstein works two day jobs while “swinging” — understudying multiple roles — in “Winnie the Pooh” at StoryBook Theater in Kirkland.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

It was there where Poitier was given the role of understudying Belafonte in "Days of our Youth."

From Fox News ● Jan. 8, 2022

Shortly after graduating from Pace University’s performing arts program in 2017, Reid joined “Hamilton” on Broadway, playing the ensemble role of Man Six and later understudying multiple major roles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021

I am understudying Cousin James to such an extent over at Widegables that I feel like the heir to his house.

From The Tinder-Box by Maria Thompson Daviess