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as in cowboy
a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range
a rough-hewn wrangler who never says much
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as in fighter
a person who takes part in a dispute
known as a petty, unrelenting wrangler who likes argument for the sake of argument
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Recent Examples of wrangler
Adding the monkey wranglers and location scouts and drivers and production interns results in longer credits.
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
This cornbread casserole recipe is the perfect dish for wranglers, its creator told Fox News Digital.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
Watch as wranglers outfitted in boots, chaps, and hats reminiscent of the early American days drive cattle through the town.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The homeowner said in a Facebook comment that the reptile wrangler was at his home in a matter of minutes, and the snake was safely removed from the mower shortly after.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
This cornbread casserole recipe is the perfect dish for wranglers, its creator told Fox News Digital.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
Watch as wranglers outfitted in boots, chaps, and hats reminiscent of the early American days drive cattle through the town.
—Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
The homeowner said in a Facebook comment that the reptile wrangler was at his home in a matter of minutes, and the snake was safely removed from the mower shortly after.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrangler
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How To Solve Today’s Wordle The Hint: An important item in a cowboy’s kit The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter Okay, spoilers below! . . .—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Founded in 1846, Fort Benton lured cowboys and miners who arrived on horseback or by steamboat on the Missouri River.—
Jim Robbins,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Mar. 2025
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The total weight classes come to eight, and a total of 64 fighters aim to land a shot at winning their respective divisions.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Thousands of its fighters and supporters are dead, the upper echelons of its leadership decimated.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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Kansas City law firm Paul LLP, which represented plaintiffs in that suit, is now assisting NCA All-Star attendees weighing legal action against Varsity and the city of Dallas for alleged negligence in securing the event.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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One of the plaintiffs, Alabama parent Nikki S. Carter, has three students and is an advocate for students with disabilities in her community.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
14 Mar. 2025
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The sheriff’s office will stop accepting new defendants April 1.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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That defendant’s lawyer was David Yannetti, who famously represents Karen Read in her murder case in Norfolk County Superior Court and who represented the last two defendants called on Friday in this case.—
Flint McColgan,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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Further, protecting contestants from isolation and being exemplified or tokenized – at all levels of productions – is needed to provide greater accountability when portraying the raw realities of LGBTQ people on screen in a reality setting.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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And Bong is the wrong pop artist to convey cultural dissent — as Kendrick Lamar did in his controversial Super Bowl Halftime Show that portrayed black Americans as video game figures resembling Mickey in his space suit and those contestants in Squid Game TV series.—
Armond White,
National Review,
12 Mar. 2025
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The draft lawsuit is the work of the Federal Fiscal Sustainability Foundation, a low-profile nonprofit that has drawn support from balanced budget advocates and the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council.—
Phoebe Petrovic,
ProPublica,
17 Mar. 2025
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Palmer was an early advocate for girls’ athletics, but her attitudes were still of their time.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
17 Mar. 2025
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That's a significant concern for the 36-year-old scrapper heading into UFC 313.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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The prelims will feature three bouts featuring fighters from Australia, so the crowd will be rocking, cheering on the local scrappers.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
9 Feb. 2025
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However, if the harassment or dispute is simply two neighbors being un-neighborly toward each other, the HOA’s best response may be to offer a volunteer board member to meet with the disputants to try to host a discussion between them.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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In this and other such statements, the United States projects an aura of neutrality -- even suggesting, on occasion, that the country could serve as a good-faith mediator between disputants.—
Michael T. Klare,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Feb. 2013
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“Wrangler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrangler. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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