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Recent Examples of lancer
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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Using this twisting technique, flexible ropes could be fashioned that the team believes could meet the needs of experienced archers.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
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Yi was successful and saved humanity, and to thank the hero, the moon gods gave the archer two elixirs granting him everlasting life.Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
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Each team consists of five guardsmen, two Humvees and communications equipment, according to the release.Thomas Saccente, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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In 2012, at a news conference about the Kent State shooting, Dean Kahler, a protester confined to a wheelchair since that day, implored the guardsmen to help resolve the mystery.Brian VanDeMark, airmail.news, 17 Aug. 2024
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Shortly after, a procession of riflemen and a statue of the Virgin Mary are paraded from San Geronimo de Taos church in front of more than 1,000 onlookers.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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These are not necessarily easy shot opportunities, so rifle setups need to be accurate and the rifleman needs to posess real skills.Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
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The president and his political musketeers are slowly dismantling the opposition.Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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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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When a wagon train of emigrants traveling from Arkansas to California passed through the area, Mormon militiamen surrounded the group and brutally slaughtered more than 100 men, women, and children.Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Tens of thousands of mostly Shiite militiamen — from Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and as far away as Pakistan and Afghanistan — flocked to Sayedah Zainab’s rundown neighborhoods, transforming a pilgrimage site into a military zone.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
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During the 1930s and '40s, what was left of Indianola was turned into a major training base for thousands of artillerymen.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Mar. 2024
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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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Over the years, more than a dozen ethnic guerrilla groups have fought the Myanmar military — and each other — for dominance, not only of the territory but of the drug trade, too.Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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In 1598 an alliance of chieftains in the north of Ireland, a stronghold of resistance to English rule, mounted a guerrilla war against the Elizabethan crown.Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Lancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lancer. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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