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as in traveller
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as in imposter
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Recent Examples of adventurer
The Federal Aviation Administration has also given out commercial astronaut wings to private-sector adventurers who reached higher than 81 kilometers (50 miles).
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
The dog is not only a loyal companion, but also a vigilant protector and seasoned adventurer who can keep pace with horses.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Joining Wang for the voyage was Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, German robotics researcher Rabea Rogge and Australian adventurer Eric Philips.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
While weekends tend to draw flocks of out-of-town adventurers, the quieter rhythm of weekdays brings out a different side of this coastal gem.
—Cliff Lewis, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
The dog is not only a loyal companion, but also a vigilant protector and seasoned adventurer who can keep pace with horses.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Joining Wang for the voyage was Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, German robotics researcher Rabea Rogge and Australian adventurer Eric Philips.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
While weekends tend to draw flocks of out-of-town adventurers, the quieter rhythm of weekdays brings out a different side of this coastal gem.
—Cliff Lewis, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventurer
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Lisette Olivera assumes the mantle as Jess Valenzuela, a history buff and puzzle snob working odd jobs in New Orleans and mourning the recent death of her mother.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
14 Dec. 2022
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On their first day in town, treat your food snob to a fireworks show of Dallas at its most sophisticated.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
23 Mar. 2022
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There actually is something at stake for these women, which frees them up for a desperate kind of humor, in the vein of those plucky social climbers in a screwball comedy from an earlier era.—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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From the dynastic Dupree family to the conniving social climbers bent on usurping their place at the top of the social hierarchy, the historic new daytime drama is all about its characters.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Related article These ocean explorers have seen the damage done by industrial fishing.—
Nell Lewis,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Longevity researcher shares secrets of the world’s ‘blue zones’ Dan Buettner, an American author, explorer and longevity researcher who first coined the term 'blue zone,' embarked on a mission to find out how people are living to 100 in certain parts of the world.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
7 May 2025
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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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High-end appliances, spa-like bathrooms, large closets, and luxurious bedding offers the modern comforts all travelers desire.—
Shannon Sharpe,
Architectural Digest,
14 May 2025
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In most places where English is not the first language, English-speaking travelers might struggle when trying to communicate with locals, which can lead to friction.—
Rocky Sharma,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Implications Le Grand's work on post-World War II British social policy found that perceptions of human motivations gradually transformed, with the prevailing view of the typical British citizenry morphing from knight into knave as the costs of maintaining an expensive welfare state increased.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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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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The Oscar-winning artist last trod the boards 10 years ago, portraying DNA pioneer scientist Rosalind Franklin in Anna Ziegler’s play Photograph 51, directed by Michael Grandage.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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One of the pioneers of the English-only movement was Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, a naturalized American who was born in Canada, to Japanese parents, in 1906.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Trapped: Mind-Altering Shorts Date & Venue TBA Tap into the collective unconscious of a rogue’s gallery of grifters, hermits, and sociopaths with our infamous showcase of gloriously confounding cinematic curios.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
12 May 2025
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Harry goes searching for Seraphina and Brendan, who've gone rogue.—
Billie Melissa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
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“Adventurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adventurer. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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