battler

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Recent Examples of battler The second reason is that these aura battler designs were very complex and full of curves as well as weird angles. Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025 The Scot finished last season aiming to emulate Nottingham Forest’s rise from relegation battler to European contender. Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for battler
Noun
  • Lee is sixty-one years old, a scrapper with a potent backstory.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 4 June 2025
  • Similarly, Kiki vacillates between a broad figure of oblivious privilege, not that far removed from Moore’s The Big Lebowski heiress, and a scrapper who feels just as insecure in this place as either sister.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The Thrilla in Manila between the two fighters stands as a testament to each of their enduring legacies of perseverance.
    Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025
  • One of Kerr’s colleagues, Mark Coleman, is played by real-life MMA fighter Ryan Bader, one of several non-professional actors who give The Smashing Machine the pleasing texture of lived-in credibility.
    Richard Lawson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From doing in-store meet-and-greets to literally kissing babies in Dyckman, her hustler’s spirit is what helped her sprint to a hefty 200k debut.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Hanson garnered a reputation as a great team player, an all-around hustler, and someone with valuable connections to illicit drugs that would help players through pain.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Battler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battler. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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