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Perhaps they were rejected earlier under Ohio’s regular unemployment system and didn’t realize a new one is now available for lower-wage workers and people such as free-lancers who report income on IRS 1099 forms.
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Rich Exner, cleveland, 4 June 2020
The empire specializes in magic, the kingdom focuses on lancers, while the alliance touts the best archers.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 July 2019
Turkish troops retreated under the command of Mustafa Kemal—later the founder of the republic of Turkey (and better known as Atatürk)—and were pursued by the emir Faisal’s Arab forces, by Mysore lancers, and by Australian armored car units.
—Mark Mazower, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019
Dunman served as a courier who rode from the Alamo through a line of enemy lancers to deliver the letter Colonel William B. Travis wrote asking for reinforcements.
—Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 2 May 2018
The junior played a huge part in the big GMC match against Middletown bowling games of 224 and 244 and helped his team to a second-place finish at the lancer baker bash.
—Melanie Laughman, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 2018
Fleming set numerous records on the hardwood for the Lancers while White helped lead La Salle to three-straight state football championships while playing multiple positions during his career.
—John Snodgrass, Cincinnati.com, 25 June 2017
That's because his Lancers held up their end of an early-season bet, winning the Public League title, 17-10, against a feisty Simon Gratz squad.
—Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
Rich Exner, cleveland, 4 June 2020
The empire specializes in magic, the kingdom focuses on lancers, while the alliance touts the best archers.
—Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 July 2019
Turkish troops retreated under the command of Mustafa Kemal—later the founder of the republic of Turkey (and better known as Atatürk)—and were pursued by the emir Faisal’s Arab forces, by Mysore lancers, and by Australian armored car units.
—Mark Mazower, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019
Dunman served as a courier who rode from the Alamo through a line of enemy lancers to deliver the letter Colonel William B. Travis wrote asking for reinforcements.
—Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 2 May 2018
The junior played a huge part in the big GMC match against Middletown bowling games of 224 and 244 and helped his team to a second-place finish at the lancer baker bash.
—Melanie Laughman, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 2018
Fleming set numerous records on the hardwood for the Lancers while White helped lead La Salle to three-straight state football championships while playing multiple positions during his career.
—John Snodgrass, Cincinnati.com, 25 June 2017
That's because his Lancers held up their end of an early-season bet, winning the Public League title, 17-10, against a feisty Simon Gratz squad.
—Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lancer
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Olympic archers miss the center ring at a similar rate.David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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The elves’ archers do a pretty good job of taking some out, but the orcs have numbers on their side — and a really nasty-looking siege engine.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
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The conditions of those wounded remain unclear and there were no reported casualties among the guardsmen involved.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Rhaenyra’s uncle-husband sails for King’s Landing and finds Blood, a disgruntled guardsman, and Cheese, a (literal) ratcatcher of the Red Keep with debts that need paying.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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Who is Daniel Penny? Penny, a former Marine sergeant, served as a rifleman to Camp Lejeune from 2017 to 2021.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, took the kettle and left the trench to fetch water.David Axe, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Cassel says taking on the musketeer role ticked his box of working on productions that break with norms, even if the film is an adaptation of the French classic by Alexandre Dumas.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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The exhibition investigates these influences through the lens of four themes that Picasso returned to throughout his artistic career: the hero, the Minotaur, the voyeur and the musketeer.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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When Clement was spotted drinking in a hotel bar in Lexington, Mo., on Dec. 13, 1866, Moses was one of three militiamen sent to arrest him.Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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Five musket balls fired by colonial militiamen during one of the first battles of the American Revolution have been unearthed in Concord, Massachusetts.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
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Tim Walz enlisted as an artilleryman in the Nebraska Army National Guard in 1981, the day after his 17th birthday.The Editors, National Review, 8 Aug. 2024
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The sky blazed as North Vietnamese artillerymen vainly shot at the American bombers.Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
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Artillery is a delicate skill, with cannoneers assessing topography, air pressure and even the weather at the top of the round’s parabolic arc before taking a shot.Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
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Adewale served as a field-artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
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The roots of this conflict began in the early 1970s, when the PLO started targeting Israel from neighboring Jordan in a guerrilla warfare campaign.Ibrahim Al-Marashi / Made by History, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
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In July, 1967, when a Black cabdriver named John William Smith was arrested by two white police officers and beaten, what started as a protest evolved into almost a week of arson, looting, and urban guerrilla warfare.Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Lancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lancer. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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