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as in cavalryman
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A carabiner is the mountaineer's clip; a carabineer is a soldier wielding a carbine.
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Wired Staff, WIRED, 19 May 2008
Wired Staff, WIRED, 19 May 2008
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The novel begins in 1864 with a young man named Bird waking up from a bad dream to the sound of cannon fire and gunshots: Hundreds of U.S. Army cavalrymen are descending on his Cheyenne and Arapaho camp in what will eventually be known as the Sand Creek Massacre.Emma Alpern, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
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In the capital, the robed pontiff surveyed a troop of Mongolian cavalrymen clad in medieval armor.Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
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The family, Louisville residents, also enjoyed some pizza and crab dragoons from the food trucks.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Apr. 2024
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What happens with Hermann and the dragoon?Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
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Moving from a senatorial debate to a literal battlefield, the phrase's contemporary usage is linked to Communist leader Vladimir Lenin’s description of Russian soldiers deserting the Tsar's army.Phil Kirschner, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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Takei, who was 5-years-old, stood in the driveway with his younger brother and watched one of the soldiers escort his mother out of the house.Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
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Viktor, the infantryman, ducks his head under a canopy of camouflage netting and looks up at the brightening sky.Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
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Loading your audio article SAN FRANCISCO — Often the anonymous infantrymen of baseball’s pitching staffs, relievers finally got some recognition Saturday at Oracle Park.Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 13 July 2024
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The most ardent warrior on the voter fraud front has been Paxton, who has repeatedly and without evidence alleged that Democrats are conspiring with Mexican drug cartels to illegally import voters.Saul Elbein, The Hill, 3 Nov. 2024
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To watch elite women warriors fold in among special-forces bros without needing help or rescue, or becoming objects of desire, or subjects of derision, or much of anything notable at all besides equals, is borderline radical.Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Digging Deeper On taking a position, the first thing a foot soldier does is use their entrenching tool to dig a shell scrape, a hole deep enough to hide in and protect against direct fire and shrapnel.David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
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Dozens of state police, and the leaders and foot soldiers of local criminal groups, who take a piece of the action.Outside Online, Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
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The chase began when DPS troopers spotted a Dodge Charger suspected of transporting immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The father of Elijah McClain was sentenced to 10 days in jail or home detention and received a 12-month deferred sentence for assaulting a Colorado State Patrol trooper during a drunken-driving arrest, according to the Arapahoe County District Attorney’s Office.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 28 Oct. 2024
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Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2024
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Next came a waltz between all the debutantes and their fathers, who were passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2023
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“Carabineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carabineer. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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