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bearer

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as in messenger

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Recent Examples of bearer Flower girl and ring bearer were Lillian Caroline Ward and Boyce Berkeley Ward, both of Little Rock. — Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026 Her conversation with John also divulges the depths of his entwinement with current ring-bearer Hal Jordan, via a flashback to when John was a baby, in the all-important year of 1986. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026 What are your thoughts about AOC as the standard bearer of the Bernie movement? — David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Hardy said the production will play out in chapters, with each company presenting a work spotlighting a legacy bearer whose life and contributions embody that chapter’s theme. — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearer

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Michael is known as the warrior leader of the heavenly hosts, Gabriel as the heavenly messenger, and Raphael as God’s healer or helper (in the book of Tobit).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
When a health threat arrives, the messenger is already a familiar face.

— Michelle A. Williams, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026

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Morrobel, now 37, went on to beat the odds, recently celebrating seven years living with MBC and the upcoming birth of a baby boy with her husband via gestational carrier.

— Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2026
The era of the standard $99 airline credit card may be fading as American Airlines becomes the latest major carrier to adjust its price tag.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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