rising star

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Recent Examples of rising star His event score is 9-under, and he is tied with rising star Miles Russell, among others. Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025 Meanwhile, their middle child, Bryce James, is also a rising star. Essence, 27 May 2025 The director is unequivocal about what ultimately made the production possible: the casting of rising star Ryō Yoshizawa as Kikuo. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 May 2025 As a rising star at UCLA in 1967, he was personally invited by NFL Browns football star Jim Brown to participate in the Cleveland Summit. Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rising star
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comer
Noun
  • After Yie Air Kung Fu (1984) and International Karate (1985) introduced the idea of one-on-one martial arts battles, Capcom threw its hat into the digital ring in 1987 with Street Fighter, where a scrappy young fighter named Ryu took on all comers.
    Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 24 Apr. 2025
  • But as a junior college, Carberry took on all comers.
    Chris Vannini, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Rising star.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rising%20star. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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