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a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
during Prohibition, smugglers of alcohol did a brisk business
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Recent Examples of smuggler
Then a smuggler sealed him into a trailer, swaddled within sound-muffling insulation beneath a murderous Texan sun.
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Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Authorities believe this is a new route that smugglers have established in the Pacific Ocean.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
Barcelona and Napoli look to take last chance Jordan kills 5 drug smugglers on the Syrian border.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
Brady Cobb, the son of one of Florida’s most prolific pot smugglers of the 1980s, who started his own legal marijuana company called Sunburn Cannabis in 2021, calls the failure of Amendment 3 a big blow to the state’s marijuana economy and the national momentum of legalization.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Kayla Aletha Welch, Longreads, 19 Nov. 2024
Authorities believe this is a new route that smugglers have established in the Pacific Ocean.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
Barcelona and Napoli look to take last chance Jordan kills 5 drug smugglers on the Syrian border.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2024
Brady Cobb, the son of one of Florida’s most prolific pot smugglers of the 1980s, who started his own legal marijuana company called Sunburn Cannabis in 2021, calls the failure of Amendment 3 a big blow to the state’s marijuana economy and the national momentum of legalization.
—Will Yakowicz, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggler
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The student uprising came amid an ongoing lawsuit over two girls' cross-country runners who alleged their T-shirts were compared to swastikas by school administrators.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2024
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According to its website, The Great World Race, organized by Ice Cap Adventures Ltd., consists of runners completing seven marathons across seven continents in one week.Shyla Watson, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Over the past year, these criminal groups allegedly smuggled a tonne of gold while recruiting couriers on commercial flights.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Audiences first saw the chaos in 2002's 28 Days Later, which starred Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma amid the outbreak.Dave Quinn, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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In this modern fairy tale, McCullers creates the perfect love triangle: Miss Amelia the bootlegger, her ex-convict ex-husband, and the trickster Cousin Lymon.The Week US, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Spikes in methanol poisonings are common in Iran, where ordinary alcohol can’t be sold or consumed and bootleggers often use industrial methanol to produce homemade alcoholic drinks instead.ByKai Kupferschmidt, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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This year, Jesse Szewczyk developed a cranberry maple mule for the magazine that is a really festive sort of punch.Bon Appétit, Bon Appétit, 2 Dec. 2024
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It can be mixed with lemonade and seltzer water for a simple highball or with soda water for a non-alcoholic mule.Rachel King, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Smuggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggler. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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