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Others embrace them and play armchair general or amateur psychologist, trying to position themselves for the next “TACO” trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

She said their decision-making is “just as reckless as letting a group of amateur pilots dictate how our airplanes should fly.”

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026

It was these versions that made their way to an amateur collection.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

Like amateur detectives, we learn alongside them as they click around pages about Sumerian devils, Catholic saints and the origin of the nursery rhymes “London Bridge” and “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

In short, he was a kind fool who had no sense that he was walking into the standoff of two amateur armies.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri