ˈwȯr-yər
as in soldier
a person engaged in military service
a program of tough training and discipline that turns untried civilians into warriors
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Recent Examples of warrior
Solbakken and his team also went down that road in a novel team picture that depicted them as Viking warriors on the banks of a fjord last month, and behind that image was the collective that has been formed in the past two years.
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Translated from Chulym, the group’s name signifies a sacred place where warriors lay down their weapons and communicate diplomatically.
—Sofia Goldstein, SPIN, 16 June 2026
Xavier Molyneux plays the titular warrior and Jessica Madsen his wife Gunnhild.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 June 2026
His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
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Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Translated from Chulym, the group’s name signifies a sacred place where warriors lay down their weapons and communicate diplomatically.
—Sofia Goldstein, SPIN, 16 June 2026
Xavier Molyneux plays the titular warrior and Jessica Madsen his wife Gunnhild.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 June 2026
His torso and thighs grow eye-poppingly muscular beneath their skimpy fur-and-leather togs—a development that does not go unnoticed by a warrior named Red Hair, who plucks the young hunk from his post and tosses him into the prime time of the gladiator pit.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for warrior
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Four Israeli soldiers were killed in southern Lebanon overnight Friday in the first Israeli deaths since the signing of the Iran ceasefire deal.—
Lou Robinson,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Civilians in the area have not been instructed to evacuate but have faced checkpoints and tension, with occasional clashes between Israeli soldiers and villagers.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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ElAttrache performed surgery on McGregor in July 2021, inserting a rod, plates and screws into his left leg after the fighter broke his tibia and fibula during a mixed martial arts bout against Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
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Rather than flying directly over enemy territory, strategic bombers can launch stand-off weapons from safer distances while remaining protected by friendly air defenses and fighter escorts.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
23 June 2026
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