Example Sentences

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The poster boys of European if not world rugby.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

I’d argue the Brewers should be America’s team, the poster boys for how a team with smart and stable management can compete with a team with an unlimited payroll.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

The move by one of England’s poster boys from the Premier League for Saudi Arabia could open the floodgates.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

Some organizations he declines to name, he says, have become "grant machines" by looking for "poster boys," whether sincere or otherwise, to herald as conversion success stories.

From Salon • Nov. 27, 2021

They are among the poster boys for analytics in European soccer, a team that scores nearly half of its goals from set pieces and operates a “justice league” that has nothing to do with superheroes.

From Washington Times • Oct. 19, 2020