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walk on
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to take unfair advantage of
He dislikes people who are willing to walk on others to get ahead.
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Recent Examples of walk-on
Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
On Friday, its second-to-last day of operation, there was a long line outside the ride, which is usually an easy walk-on, one park-goer shared on Reddit.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 7 June 2025
All told, Reeves appears as Wick in Ballerina for about 10 minutes at best, but thankfully, the character’s appearance is not reduced to a set of walk-on cameos.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Only one quarterback remains on the roster from last season, and that’s walk-on Jackson Stratton, who began the year as a fifth-teamer only to start two games after injuries took out four other quarterbacks.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Noun
Losers, despite Wilken’s ruling, figure to be at least some of the walk-ons and partial scholarship athletes whose spots are gone.
—Eddie Pells, Baltimore Sun, 7 June 2025
On Friday, its second-to-last day of operation, there was a long line outside the ride, which is usually an easy walk-on, one park-goer shared on Reddit.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 7 June 2025
All told, Reeves appears as Wick in Ballerina for about 10 minutes at best, but thankfully, the character’s appearance is not reduced to a set of walk-on cameos.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Only one quarterback remains on the roster from last season, and that’s walk-on Jackson Stratton, who began the year as a fifth-teamer only to start two games after injuries took out four other quarterbacks.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for walk-on
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
Noun
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Sarah Snook, who played Shiv Roy on that HBO drama, was nominated (and went on to win!), following in the footsteps of her costars Jeremy Strong and Keiran Culkin.—
Melissa Locker,
Time,
9 June 2025
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Criss’ costar Colfer posed atop booths for photos, while others stood on chairs to get a good view of the concert.—
Emily Burns,
Footwear News,
9 June 2025
Noun
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Adding to the intrigue is how the action never really leaves the confines of the ER, so extras that appeared in the beginning of the series can be seen in the background by the season finale.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
12 June 2025
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The Bombers rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning to force extras, where the game was suspended due to heavy rain.—
Greg Dudek,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Of particular pain to him is watching Moore, who died recently, and who never made it as an actress.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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Creed actress Tessa Thompson, Evanescence singer Amy Lee and The Traitors season four contestant Bob the Drag Queen also posted videos to their Instagram Stories at the protests.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
14 June 2025
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Meanwhile, Elizabeth took off, Joel started drinking and this marked the beginning of a spiral for the star.—
Daniela Avila,
People.com,
6 June 2025
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There is not normally an upside to losing a star player through injury for a lengthy period, but Kaoru Mitoma’s absence from the last 16 games of the 2023-24 season had a silver lining for Brighton & Hove Albion.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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“Walk-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/walk-on. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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