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At her unveiling, Edwards said she wanted her captain to be "someone who leads from the front in everything they do, someone who has the respect of the current playing group".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025
Then again, the notion that any piece of writing, obituary or otherwise, can do someone justice is probably absurd.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025
“I can’t do someone else’s role just because they don’t get to do it, and I have access.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025
“Sometimes I’ll do someone else’s desk, and I actually like it more than my own.”
From The Verge • Aug. 3, 2022
Instead, as politely as I could, I asked, “Mr. Blessington, why do we always do Robert Frost, why can’t we do someone else?”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
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