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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
Ou borrowed money, paid a smuggler 300,000 yuan (about $45,000 at the time),then walked into the United States, according to a presentation by Feng Lun, a member of Fly’s board of directors.
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Jesse Coburn, Curbed, 31 Jan. 2025
As the vessel entered U.S. waters, a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations patrol boat crew turned on its flashing lights and sirens to signal the smugglers to pull over, according to the complaint.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Human smugglers are rampant in this part of the world, meeting the demands of thousands of would-be migrants each year.
—Matt Rivers, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
In 2022, human smugglers began exploiting the gap to move people into Southern Arizona in greater numbers, adding to a sharp increase that year in migrants crossing between ports of entry.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
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Jesse Coburn, Curbed, 31 Jan. 2025
As the vessel entered U.S. waters, a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations patrol boat crew turned on its flashing lights and sirens to signal the smugglers to pull over, according to the complaint.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Human smugglers are rampant in this part of the world, meeting the demands of thousands of would-be migrants each year.
—Matt Rivers, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
In 2022, human smugglers began exploiting the gap to move people into Southern Arizona in greater numbers, adding to a sharp increase that year in migrants crossing between ports of entry.
—Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smuggler
Noun
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Beyond race times, the results open up new questions about exercise, air pollution and runners’ safety.—
Claire Maldarelli,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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Promotes quicker recovery in endurance athletes: For example, creatine has been shown to reduce inflammatory markers and soreness in marathon runners.—
Sarah Anzlovar, MS, RD,
Verywell Health,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Ritchson plays a high-end courier racing against time to deliver a life-saving organ, with Wilson as a medical professional caught in the crossfire.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Feb. 2025
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These dogs are so smart that some of them have found work in places like tracking, courier work, and sniffing.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Real McCoy line (named after a famous bootlegger of the 1920s) is distilled at Foursquare is more affordable and easier to find but doesn’t skimp on the quality.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
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What eliminated the bootleggers wasn’t more prohibition, but legalization, after all.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This isn’t some fashion formula that’s difficult to decode; these beautiful dresses are easily toughened up with slouchy leather boots to create a cool juxtaposition for day and look just as swell with open toe mules for springtime evenings.—
Adam Mansuroglu,
WWD,
24 Feb. 2025
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To get water up to the fire, the trail crew filled five-gallon jugs and lashed them to mules.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Smuggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggler. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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