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as in to supervise
to be in charge of
she was tapped to quarterback the upcoming gubernatorial campaign
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Recent Examples of quarterback
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
Another is three-star quarterback Tre Williams, a transfer from Lewisville, who totaled 2,536 passing yards and 29 touchdowns with the Farmers.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
That leaves Snead with his buddy’s kid to quarterback a generally bare roster.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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Noun
The Jayhawks currently have a quarterback battle cooking among those three players.
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Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
30 June 2026
Another is three-star quarterback Tre Williams, a transfer from Lewisville, who totaled 2,536 passing yards and 29 touchdowns with the Farmers.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 June 2026
Verb
Before Brown's departure from the Eagles, rumors of a rift between him and quarterback Jalen Hurts began to swirl after Hurts was noticeably absent from Brown's wedding on May 18.
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Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
That leaves Snead with his buddy’s kid to quarterback a generally bare roster.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
1 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarterback
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Under Cooper’s order, the center’s managers plan to meet with the board in mid-July to vote on how to move forward on construction, according to a Justice Department filing June 19.
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Giants manager Tony Vitello was about to pinch-run for Devers in hopes of adding speed on the bases to tie the game.
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That enables Cadence’s system, which is supervised by physicians, to alert a clinician when a patient is deteriorating before a stroke or heart attack, for example.
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Judge Stacy Street sentenced Beckwith to three years supervised probation, the court clerk confirmed to USA TODAY.
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Even the commander seemed to be smiling.
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Ukraine’s drone forces commander Robert Brovdi said Kyiv had attacked Sevastopol’s main power substation seven times in the early hours of Wednesday.
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Be careful when handling debris that may have blown into your yard.
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The third baseman, playing in his first major league game since fracturing his ankle on May 12, 2025, couldn’t handle a Willson Contreras grounder with a man on first and one out.
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In the weeks since Fable 5 and Mythos 5 were forced out of commission, industry leaders and experts became increasingly worried that the ad-hoc ban would threaten America’s AI lead against China.
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According to Smith, citizens of East Florida even burned the leaders behind the Declaration of Independence in effigy.
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As part of his work overseeing health and performance programs at Google for 17 years, Newton Cheng researched the studies to understand the isolation and loneliness that can accompany working from home.
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Mozeliak will oversee day-to-day baseball operations while assisting the search for the next GM, team president Molly Jolly said in a news release.
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The irony is that in not trying to pass muster with more conservative theatergoers (and their fastidious institutional guardians), playwrights have been winning over not just critics but also formerly squeamish artistic directors and perennially nervous Broadway producers.
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André Duvenhage, research director at South Africa’s North-West University, said migrants are often hired because employers see them as willing to work for lower wages and, as non-citizens, they are typically not protected by as many labor protections.
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During the first game on Thursday, the Rangers held a commanding 6-0 lead after just three innings, thanks to home runs from Joc Pederson, Langford and Jake Burger.
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Kelly Mason commands Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a deft hand, both at her namesake Mason Vineyards and Domaine Queylus.
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“Quarterback.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarterback. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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