noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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The oldest rookie is still punching to the line.
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Robinson was hired about the same time 59-year-\#old rookie Edward Olivares was turning in his badge.
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Olivares was the oldest rookie to graduate from the academy.
■ NOUN
season
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McElroy has the breakaway speed that seems to have eluded Hearst since knee surgery during his rookie season .
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Faulk and other would-be seniors, meantime, have enjoyed fine rookie seasons .
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In his rookie season as a broadcaster, Simms compared his current job to being a quarterback in the big game.
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He spent his rookie season on injured reserve and was released by the Dolphins in July.
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A sprained right ankle caused Eric Williams to limp into the half way point of his rookie season with the Celtics.
■ VERB
play
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Thomas, who declined an interview request, was reluctant to play the rookie , instead going with journeyman James Willis.
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I played rookie ball and Class-A.
start
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Heath Shuler started the game and rookie Danny Wuerffel finished it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a rookie cop
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a rookie radio reporter
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Don't be too hard on the guy, he's just a rookie .
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It was rookie coach, Ray Rhodes, who got the most credit for keeping the team in check.
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Lisa Hackney is the LPGA's Rookie of the Year.
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Mariucci is the first rookie coach in NFL history to win 11 games in a row.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And how do you shout for a rookie called Elvis Grbac?
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But Mutch and Bull, 300 goals between them, fired blanks all afternoon and rookie Hoult was in sharp form anyway.
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Faulk and other would-be seniors, meantime, have enjoyed fine rookie seasons.
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He told the umpires that they were treating him like he was a rookie .
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He will need to keep his eye on the ball during an opening match against rookie Peter Ebdon.
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Heath Shuler started the game and rookie Danny Wuerffel finished it.
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They lost in overtime to a field goal by Pete Stoyanovich, Miami's rookie kicker.
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Third-place Robbie Buhl, one of four rookie Indy-car drivers to occupy the first four finishing positions, was down 2 laps.