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How to use the word sidelines in a Sentence?

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This harmful and unnecessary bill has nothing to do with ‘fairness’ in sports, and everything to do with lawmakers’ efforts to push trans young people to the sidelines in hopes of scoring political points.

Casey Pick

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Access to AEDs Act will help ensure that schools are just as prepared and trained to respond in the time of crisis as those on the sidelines of an NFL game.

Damar Hamlin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

New listings were at the lowest level in the last six years in January as sellers stayed on the sidelines, waiting to see buyers return, before placing their homes for sale, however, the first month of the year brought glimmers of hope as year-over-year declines in both existing and new home sales slowed, and buyer sentiment improved slightly.

Hannah Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a result, many buyers remain on the sidelines, waiting for conditions to improve.

Hannah Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We see customers sitting a little bit in the sidelines.

Nuno Matos

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Higher mortgage rates... have contributed to more homebuyers staying on the sidelines.

Joel Kan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Home sales continue to decline, prices are moderating and consumer confidence is low, but, amid waning demand, there are still potential homebuyers on the sidelines waiting to jump back into the market.

Federal Reserve

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Home sales continue to decline, prices are moderating, and consumer confidence is low, but, amid waning demand, there are still potential homebuyers on the sidelines waiting to jump back into the market.

Freddie Mac

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Home purchase applications continued to be held down by rapidly drying up demand, as high mortgage rates, challenging affordability, and a gloomier outlook of the economy kept buyers on the sidelines.

Joel Kan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Inside the kingdom, the social and economic reforms that are strongly popular with the next generation of Saudis continue to move forward in important ways, and the old ways of thinking grounded in a conservative interpretation of Islam are being pushed further to the sidelines, nevertheless, Saudi Arabia remains an absolute monarchy intolerant of a diversity of views, and it still takes troubling measures to stifle dissent. It has a lot of work to do in respecting basic human rights and freedoms including religious freedom.

Brian Katulis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The more retail investors will buy , the more their chance of making losses in dripping market. If they sit on sidelines and stop seeing stock market they will find their share price rising or recovering losses

Lakshheish M Patel

added by laksheispatel
1 year ago

This is a tough one. I love Goose like a brother, from the first day we met, I knew that life was different. I knew he was someone who would change my life forever. He was a one-of-a-kind person who made you feel important and special. You can never replace a man like that. TONY SIRAGUSA, SUPER BOWL CHAMPION DEFENSIVE LINEMAN, DEAD AT 55 Fox Sports field reporter Tony Siragusa works the sidelines during a game between the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions at Ford Field Dec. 30, 2012, in Detroit. (Leon Halip/Getty Images).

Ray Lewis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

So, in addition to the GCC meeting, there'll be a series of bilateral discussions as there are on the sidelines of all cooperation councils and summits. He will have a bilateral meeting with King Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and King Salman's leadership team, and the Crown Prince is on that leadership team. So you can expect that he'll see the Crown Prince while he's there.

John Kirby

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You could miss the best rebounds if you stop investing because of a potential downturn. You run the risk that the market will go up while you're waiting on the sidelines, it's important to remember that volatility is a normal part of investing, and you don't actually lose any money unless you sell your investments for less than what you paid for them.

Tony Molina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I didn't know we were calling it and I ran down the sidelines telling the defense, ‘I need one. I need one,' then I see C.J. Brewer running down the sidelines.

Grayson McCall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Many potential homebuyers are staying on the sidelines due to high home price growth, rising mortgage rates combined with growing home prices make affordability more challenging for potential homebuyers.

Freddie Mac

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I’m human. I have feelings. I was on the sideline, I got upset with myself, because I make those plays. I never show emotion on the sidelines, just because I know that I’m always being watched. A game like this, in a critical time and situation like that, I’m frustrated with myself. I’m not mad at the team, I’m not mad at the play-calling, I’m not mad at Ben for making the throw. It’s all on me.

Jeff Hanisch-USA

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Money on the sidelines ... was deployed into the market on weakness, and that has been a tale of the markets for the past six to 12 months.

Jeff Mortimer

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

I knew then, and we know now, that we needed to change, change the culture, when it comes to sexual assault. And changing the culture requires all of us, all of us, to get engaged -- especially young men, who too often stand on the sidelines. To step in, speak out, make sure everybody knows Tracey Vitchers campus does not tolerate sexual abuse.

President Biden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Prices are higher so people are sitting on the sidelines.

Brian Lan

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Congress can no longer exclude D.C. residents from the democratic process, forcing residents to watch from the sidelines as Congress votes on laws that affect the nation or votes even on the laws of the duly elected D.C. government.

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If this becomes a trend in corporate treasuries the downside of staying on the sidelines will only become costlier over time.

Maya Zehavi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The upcoming package of stimulus is going to be big, you have a situation where there’s a lot of cash on sidelines and bonds have really underperformed, so that’s helped some sectors that have really done poorly.

Alan Lancz

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We have more coaches on the sidelines than we have players on the field.

Loren Weisman

added by anonymous
3 years ago

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