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as in traveller
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as in imposter
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Recent Examples of adventurer
The series invites young adventurers to explore the joys and challenges of moving to new places, meeting new people, discovering different cultures and building lasting friendships.
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Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
For comparison, roughly ten bears are killed each year by backcountry adventurers defending themselves, per the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
This is far from the first time adventurers and aspiring influencers have put themselves in harms way to take in a spectacular natural wonder or capture the perfect photo.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The wilderness sanctuary features a dramatic 1,800-foot-deep river valley where adventurers can kayak rushing currents or explore more than 60 miles of hiking trails.
—Bonjour Québec, AFAR Media, 22 Apr. 2025
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Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
For comparison, roughly ten bears are killed each year by backcountry adventurers defending themselves, per the Jackson Hole News & Guide.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2025
This is far from the first time adventurers and aspiring influencers have put themselves in harms way to take in a spectacular natural wonder or capture the perfect photo.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The wilderness sanctuary features a dramatic 1,800-foot-deep river valley where adventurers can kayak rushing currents or explore more than 60 miles of hiking trails.
—Bonjour Québec, AFAR Media, 22 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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In February 2006, a cave explorer near Albany, New York, took the first photograph of bats with a mysterious white growth on their faces.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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As a world explorer for over 45 years, Dobson has visited more than 90 countries and is highly experienced in exotic travel and extreme luxury adventures.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
27 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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Though Starlink may be off the table for many domestic fliers, at least in the short term, United has introduced new ways for travelers to distract themselves in recent weeks.—
Will McCurdy,
PC Magazine,
7 June 2025
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Why more companies are charging travelers Are more tourists breaking the law on vacation?—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
7 June 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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The modern health insurer is regarded as either a knave or a pawn and is seldom regarded as a knight.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Consistent with his other boutiques, the space’s interior incorporates marble and terrazzo, paired with furnishings by celebrated artists like French Art Deco pioneer Jacques Adnet, American designer Edward Wormley and American woodworker and architect George Nakashima.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
30 May 2025
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The film explores transgender identity and legacy, chronicling the divergent paths of iconic pioneers April Ashley, Amanda Lear and others.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 May 2025
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Going rogue against the Director’s wishes, Eve turns her quest for vengeance into a rescue when a little girl is kidnapped, and globe trots from a neon New York nightclub to a snowy Austrian village full of murderous locals.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Informed that the Chancellor is somewhere near Prague, Eve goes rogue by violating the Ruska Roma’s orders, flying across the Atlantic, and killing her way closer to her target.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
4 June 2025
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“Adventurer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adventurer. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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