as in scrapper
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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.
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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
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
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Netflix was a disruptor, a forever-scrapper trying to gain the respect of Warner Bros.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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Lee is sixty-one years old, a scrapper with a potent backstory.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Estimates placed the number of fighters at roughly 800, with militants reportedly crossing the border under the pretense of religious pilgrimages before gathering at a base in Ahvaz and being dispatched to various regions.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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Russia also has invested heavily in Venezuela’s oil industry, as did China, and offered Caracas generous loans to purchase top-of-the-line air defense missiles, fighter jets and other weapons.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Neither would have agreed to portray a skinny ping pong hustler with a surly disposition and bad complexion.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
8 Jan. 2026
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The actor gained acclaim for his role as a fast-talking hustler in Barry Levinson’s coming-of-age comedy Diner.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Battler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battler. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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