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as in gamesman
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Blue Origin webcase Joining Benthaus and Koenigsmann aboard the New Shepard were physicist-investor Joey Hyde, entrepreneur Neal Milch, adventurer Jason Stansell and Adonis Pouroulis, a South African entrepreneur and mining engineer.
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William Harwood, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
This almost $2,000 extreme-weather jacket is now marked down to $1,600, making this Expedition Down Parka a one-of-a-kind buy for the cold-weather adventurer.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
In the northern reaches of Sweden near the Norwegian border, the Riksgränsen ski resort is a powdery paradise for every type of adventurer.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Loving father, fearless adventurer Chefitz and his wife came to Miami in 1974 for a job at Florida International University for Walli.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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William Harwood, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
This almost $2,000 extreme-weather jacket is now marked down to $1,600, making this Expedition Down Parka a one-of-a-kind buy for the cold-weather adventurer.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 19 Dec. 2025
In the northern reaches of Sweden near the Norwegian border, the Riksgränsen ski resort is a powdery paradise for every type of adventurer.
—Chadner Navarro, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Loving father, fearless adventurer Chefitz and his wife came to Miami in 1974 for a job at Florida International University for Walli.
—Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventurer
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Since the show’s premiere in March 2024, Burnett’s Norma has been set up as a money- and status-hungry snob, willing to do just about anything to have others do her bidding and maintain her opulent lifestyle amongst the highest of high society.—
Rosemary Rossi,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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Among coffee snobs—call them MAMICs La Marzocco is deservedly famous for its technical finesse, producing superb shots time and again.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
9 Dec. 2025
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The explorers held a small celebration and called their landing spot Point du Mardi Gras.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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Venezuela had been known to possess some crude — 15th-century Spanish explorers noticed indigenous people using oil for fires and asphalt to patch their canoes.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
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Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.—
Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
18 Aug. 2021
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Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2019
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Set in 1969 Palm Beach, the Apple TV series follows Kristen Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, a spry social climber eager to infiltrate high society.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
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In classic Brooksian fashion, this simple succession plan becomes complicated by a potential scandal involving her social climber husband (Jack Lowden), the sudden return of her womanizing father (Woody Harrelson), and, well, Ella McCay’s own stubbornly idealistic personality.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
10 Dec. 2025
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Designed with mild compression (8-15 mmHg), these won’t feel as constricting as socks with higher support, which might be preferred by some travelers.—
Jillian Dara,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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Airlines canceled hundreds of flights, disrupting plans for thousands of travelers during a busy holiday weekend and in a region that experts say is among the most popular for travelers this time of year.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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How does history distinguish knaves from legendary figures?—
W.E. Gutman,
Sun Sentinel,
8 July 2025
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Mick West, a science writer who has published books on how to debunk sensational claims, echoed the comet's discoverer.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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Watson ran a lab at Harvard University and was a co-discoverer of messenger RNA, the molecule that carries DNA's instructions to cells' protein-making factories.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Nov. 2025
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After China made investments in Panama, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic, all three countries agreed to cut their diplomatic ties with Taiwan, which Beijing views as a rogue province.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2026
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This represents a breakdown in checks and balances, and a lack of political courage on the part of Republicans to constrain a rogue president.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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