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as in smuggler
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
a drug runner
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as in messenger
one that carries a message or does an errand
sent a runner to tell them that all was ready for the feast
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Recent Examples of runner
Fields, a former No. 10 overall pick by the Chicago Bears, is an elite runner who has shown flashes as a passer but is just 14-30 as an NFL starter.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
Some body lean and lack of steering connectivity means that the car is best as a comfortable cruiser and errand runner.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Use the roster of fielders as pinch runners for them and have all baseball games be pitcher’s duels at 23-19?
—Guest Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
As a result, the elite runners who have followed in Samuelson’s footsteps never have known a world in which women were barred from long-distance races.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 2 Jan. 2025
Some body lean and lack of steering connectivity means that the car is best as a comfortable cruiser and errand runner.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Use the roster of fielders as pinch runners for them and have all baseball games be pitcher’s duels at 23-19?
—Guest Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
As a result, the elite runners who have followed in Samuelson’s footsteps never have known a world in which women were barred from long-distance races.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for runner
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From Mexico: She and her daughter were locked without food in a hotel room for a day, where smugglers were demanding an additional thousand dollars before the two of them would be allowed to continue to the border.Jordan Salama, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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The 50-year-old is the latest to be sentenced in a network of human remains smugglers that stretched from the morgue of the Harvard University Medical School to an Arkansas mortuary.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
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For people who have been pushing for trade reform for years — including Bayard Winthrop, chief executive officer of Made in U.S.A brand American Giant — Trump is an imperfect messenger, delivering a message that nonetheless needs to be heard.Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Jan. 2025
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In the meantime, for Android and iPhone users who would rather send RCS texts from their stock messengers than adopt an over-the-top platform such as Signal or WhatsApp as the U.S. government advises, this will be welcome news.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Immigrants use the couriers to ferry homemade meals and domestic-only products to them in America.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025
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The wider transportation and warehousing sector, which also includes employees in subsectors like trucking and couriers, saw a slight increase in employees since last November, the preliminary BLS data showed.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runner. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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