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as in smuggler
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
under wartime rationing, the only way to obtain some foods was from a courier
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as in messenger
one that carries a message or does an errand
a courier just delivered a package for you
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Election officials will then immediately return to a secure ballot processing center with the ballot courier bag.
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Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
After starring in 28 Days Later (2002) and sitting out the 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, Cillian Murphy reprises his role in 28 Years Later as Jim, a former bicycle courier who previously woke from a coma to find the ‘Rage Virus’ has decimated London.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Mothers worked as couriers for DoorDash and Uber Eats during their daughters’ practices.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 23 Oct. 2024
Hadden has been a Navy man, a chef, a courier, a gardener, and more, and has a bucket full of trophies from his likely hundreds of victims from all around the country and from every port in which he was stationed.
—Kelly Goodner, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
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Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2024
After starring in 28 Days Later (2002) and sitting out the 2007 sequel 28 Weeks Later, Cillian Murphy reprises his role in 28 Years Later as Jim, a former bicycle courier who previously woke from a coma to find the ‘Rage Virus’ has decimated London.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2024
Mothers worked as couriers for DoorDash and Uber Eats during their daughters’ practices.
—Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 23 Oct. 2024
Hadden has been a Navy man, a chef, a courier, a gardener, and more, and has a bucket full of trophies from his likely hundreds of victims from all around the country and from every port in which he was stationed.
—Kelly Goodner, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
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“Courier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courier. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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