ranger

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Recent Examples of ranger Search and rescue plus parks and wildlife rangers were paged to Roxborough State Park around 8:30 p.m., KDVR reported. Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 24 Mar. 2025 One park ranger, who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, said the talking points prevent rangers from telling the public the truth. Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2025 National parks, monuments and other sites will close to the public, with rangers furloughed and facilities shut down. Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025 The Trump administration has enforced a hiring freeze, targeted federal offices in California for closure and terminated many of the 147,000 federal employees across the state, ranging from U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers to National Park Service rangers. The Sacramento Bee Staff, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ranger
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Noun
  • Nautic Expo View 6 Images View gallery - 6 images For 50 years, Danish company Gori Propeller has been one of the foremost names in folding marine propellers used on sailboat auxiliary motor drives.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Guardian is the military's term for a member of the Space Force, comparable to airmen, sailors, soldiers, and marines.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • UConn’s Jim Mora was a women’s basketball fan, and candy raider at UCLA UConn football coach Jim Mora is a former colleague, and still an fan of UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close, the Huskies’ Final Four foe.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Later, Joel lies to Ellie, who was unconscious during his rescue mission, by saying raiders attacked the hospital.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • All districts were open to riflemen and bowmen alike.
    Ray Alt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Crew can be assigned to the deck or boarding teams, with multiple slots for cannoneers, gunners, and boarders.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • After coalescing with ultranationalists to establish the nation's furthest right government in late 2022, the former special forces commando who had already become Israel's longest serving premier largely deflected criticism over the intelligence blunder of October 7, 2023.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Most of the hostages have been freed in agreements with Hamas, and some were rescued in Israeli commando raids.
    Daniel Estrin, NPR, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranger. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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