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Recent Examples of archerImagine being an archer in the Olympics.—Christopher Carr, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025 Standing tall in individual cases are a kneeling archer, a standing archer, an armored warrior, a high-ranking officer and a young attendant.—Penny E Schwartz, Oc Register, 20 Sep. 2025 Since the archer is a defender of the universe, the sentiment rings true for the loyalty and camaraderie Sazz brings through her actions.—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Another change was making Gyeon-U an archer.—Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for archer
Acquiring sports teams and land For much of his life a partying roustabout who wooed beautiful women with a roguish charm, the lean, mustachioed sportsman married three times.
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David Bauder,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
Ted Turner was a sportsman of all types, a world champion in sailing and a World Series-winning owner in baseball.
When The Worm’s Cannon Fires Velvet worms are nocturnal hunters that move through leaf litter, rotting logs and other cluttered, low-light environments.
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Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2026
Every now and then, the hunter’s headphones would ping, registering a metallic hit below ground; though the vast majority of those signals were inconsequential, identifying only bits of scrap iron or old lead bullets.
Also an experienced falconer, Kennedy is known for keeping and training birds of prey.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
The population was restored in Minnesota with the help of local falconers, the Midwest Peregrine Society and the agency's Nongame Wildlife Program, which supports the state's rare and vulnerable wildlife species.
The Fowlers have three children — including a son and daughter who are also Chapman alumni — 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and divide their time between residences on the East and West Coasts.
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Orange County Register,
Orange County Register,
28 Mar. 2017