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Recent Examples of standard-bearer
With staff standard-bearer Cole Ragans ready to return from a groin injury, Cameron promptly was headed back to Triple-A Omaha despite one of the most scintillating debuts in club history.
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
The circuit is a direct challenge to the Diamond League, long the standard-bearer for the sport worldwide, which hosts 15 meetings each year in cities from Xiamen to Zurich.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Han has emerged as a potential conservative standard-bearer as the main conservative People Power Party remains in disarray over the recent ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
For most of the last decade, the Big 12 was college basketball’s standard-bearer.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2025
The circuit is a direct challenge to the Diamond League, long the standard-bearer for the sport worldwide, which hosts 15 meetings each year in cities from Xiamen to Zurich.
—Reuters, CNN Money, 2 May 2025
Han has emerged as a potential conservative standard-bearer as the main conservative People Power Party remains in disarray over the recent ouster of President Yoon Suk Yeol.
—Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
For most of the last decade, the Big 12 was college basketball’s standard-bearer.
—Jim Root, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standard-bearer
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Listen to this article Chicago police said seven teens were wounded in an overnight shooting at a large gathering in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood after a St. Sabina graduation party, drawing an angry statement from the church’s longtime leader, Father Michael Pfleger.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
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Leading the charge on this has been state Sen. Brian Jones of Santee, the Senate Republican leader.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2025
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The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district announced that Wilson was hired to be the next principal at Boswell High School after the current principal, Vaughn Flagler, was hired as assistant superintendent for human resources in the Anna school district.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
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He was charged with 10 counts of principal to simple escape and one count of malfeasance in office and is being held on $1.1 million bond.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2025
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The chilling exchange was part of a series of radio transmissions between Russian forces that Ukrainian officials say provide further evidence that Russian superiors are ordering soldiers to execute surrendering Ukrainian troops in violation of international law.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
21 May 2025
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Wandel wants her audience to weigh the philosophical aspects of the situation, revealing the behind-the-scenes power struggles and split-second decisions that complicate Lucy and her superiors’ ability to spare Adam.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 May 2025
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Two Sanford police officers resigned and another was suspended after video surfaced showing officers hesitating to rescue a gas station employee held by a knife-wielding man in a restroom, the police chief announced Thursday.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 May 2025
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According to the chief, the restaurant was open Monday night.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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My managers came for an hour visit once and wound up staying all day.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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The facility was missing a copy of the food manager’s certificate, and California food handler cards were not available for review at the time of inspection.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
23 May 2025
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The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district announced that Wilson was hired to be the next principal at Boswell High School after the current principal, Vaughn Flagler, was hired as assistant superintendent for human resources in the Anna school district.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
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While working as the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office’s assistant deputy superintendent of jail operations, Brady ordered two sheriff’s office maintenance workers to do a variety of jobs at his home, prosecutors said.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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The Hedges Inn—the beloved hotel housed in a 19th-century colonial home on the cusp of East Hampton Town—has found new stewards in Andrew and Sarah Wetenhall.—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
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The stewards determined the Ferrari driver purposefully parked his car at Rascasse to prevent competitors from improving their times and sent him to the back of the grid for race day.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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The company has also pledged to work transparently with an independent overseer appointed by the court to evaluate the deal’s effects on consumer privacy, with a report due to the bankruptcy court in June.—
Lars Daniel,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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After all, the filmmaker is Portuguese and there’s a brutal history between his native country and Mozambique, a colony of Portugal until 1975, a country whose official language remains that of its former imperial overseers.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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