as in walk-on
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Noun
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Some of the objections have come from walk-on football players, who aren’t eligible for payments, and athletes in small sports who are receiving very small payments.—
Eddie Pells,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Toward the end of the video, there are walk-on cameos from Lady Gaga and Rosé, the far more conventional duet partners with whom Mars has a pair of recent smashes, but who clearly want some of this refracted salaciousness for themselves.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Scenes are often crowded with supernumeraries.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
30 Mar. 2023
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One of West Hartford’s earlier patrol officers, Martin McCue, started as a part-time supernumerary in 1929 and became a full-time officer a year later.—
Don Stacom,
courant.com,
12 Nov. 2020
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Netflix has officially announced that Whitford will join his former West Wing costar Janney in the third season of The Diplomat.—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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The shoot itself is meticulously reconstructed—featuring a remarkable turn by Matt Dillon as Schneider’s significantly more famous costar and scene partner, Marlon Brando—in order to contextualize the private and public fallout from Schneider’s equally iconic and traumatizing breakout performance.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2025
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During Monday’s episode of The Drew Barrymore Show, the One Day at a Time actress was asked to reflect on several snapshots taken throughout her life.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Celebrity makeup artist Mary Phillips gave the Unstoppable actress a super glam look featuring dramatic eyeliner, long, voluminous lashes and a subtle pink lip.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Spear-carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spear-carrier. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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