as in fighter
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
that boxer is quite famous for being the youngest heavyweight champion ever
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The fluid’s speed exceeded 30 feet per second, about as fast as a boxer’s fist.
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Special tributes of the evening went out to Milly Quezada, Debi Nova, and boxer Roberto Dúran.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2024
An image of a boxer dog with scars inspired Anderson.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
The actress and producer shared an update on her Instagram page on Wednesday, revealing how production is going on a still-untitled biopic about famed boxer Christy Martin.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2024
Special tributes of the evening went out to Milly Quezada, Debi Nova, and boxer Roberto Dúran.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2024
An image of a boxer dog with scars inspired Anderson.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024
The actress and producer shared an update on her Instagram page on Wednesday, revealing how production is going on a still-untitled biopic about famed boxer Christy Martin.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
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Kai Ryssdal: Not only were buildings destroyed, virtually leveled, the Air Force says, but some F-22 fighters as well, which cost hundreds of millions of dollars, were also damaged.Outside Online, Outside Online, 13 Nov. 2024
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During the rapprochement between China and the United States in the 1970s (which followed the split between China and the Soviet Union), North Korea hosted Soviet naval ships in its ports and allowed Soviet fighter jets to enter North Korean airspace.Sungmin Cho, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
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Like his father, Lucius is enslaved and forced to fight as a gladiator for the entertainment of a wealthy Roman emperor and hordes of bloodthirsty spectators.Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week US, theweek, 8 Nov. 2024
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Many gladiators only lived to their mid-20s, per the source.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024
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And then New York ended the series an evening later, on a tenth-inning homer by Soto, whose numerous baseball talents include a prizefighter’s swaggering eagerness to shuffle and then pounce.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
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Nowhere is that bond stronger than with hip-hop, with prizefighters walking out to the ring with their favorite artists, rap verses referencing greats of the sport, and boxers dropping albums of their own.Justin Koreis, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024
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Carbajal does some dapper clowning around and Morales-Woolery is a very funny faux pugilist but the comedy never quite catches fire.Karen D'Souza, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2024
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Bloom is the center of the drama, his handsome leading man visage transformed by prosthetics that give him a broken nose, cauliflower ears, and a pugilist's demeanor.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Boxer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxer. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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