as in fighter
one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists
that boxer is quite famous for being the youngest heavyweight champion ever
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Recent Examples of boxer
Socks and underwear for all ages (men prefer boxers) can be brought to the church patio on Sunday, April 26 or delivered to the church office at 6225 Paseo Delicias, Rancho Santa Fe, on weekdays until Friday, May 1.
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
The boxers, aged 40 and 42 respectively, threw hopeful knockout punches and barely jabbed.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Benvolio pulls up the covers on the other side, revealing Jupe in nothing but his boxers.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
The Miami Grand Prix, scheduled for May 1-3, last year drew Timothée Chalamet, Gordon Ramsay, DJ Khaled, boxer Evander Holyfield, and Baltimore Ravens’ running back Derrick Henry.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
The boxers, aged 40 and 42 respectively, threw hopeful knockout punches and barely jabbed.
—ABC News, 4 Apr. 2026
Benvolio pulls up the covers on the other side, revealing Jupe in nothing but his boxers.
—Ellise Shafer, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026
The Miami Grand Prix, scheduled for May 1-3, last year drew Timothée Chalamet, Gordon Ramsay, DJ Khaled, boxer Evander Holyfield, and Baltimore Ravens’ running back Derrick Henry.
—Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boxer
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The bipartisan bill would also require military aircraft to install collision-prevention technologies by 2031, with exceptions for fighters, bombers, drones and other special mission aircraft.—
Olivia Rinaldi,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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The country's National News Agency reported airstrikes and artillery shelling throughout southern Lebanon on Wednesday, include near Bint Jbeil, where Israeli forces have encircled fighters with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Its most famous use was for gladiator games, in which enslaved people or prisoners of war fought each other or wild animals to the death.—
Anne Doran,
ARTnews.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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To some umps’ great dismay—and fans’ utter delight—calls are indeed getting overturned, with all the suspense of a Roman emperor deciding on a gladiator’s fate.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
8 Apr. 2026
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The explosive jazz‑rock pianist – known for redefining piano performance with the physicality of a prizefighter and the swagger of a rock guitarist – is set to turn the DIA’s auditorium into something closer to a sonic combustion chamber.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Mustafa Fteja, 54, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Thursday to obstructing justice, admitting to playing a key role in the bribery plot, which threw Gogic’s trial into disarray and landed the prizefighter’s lawyer in the crosshairs of a federal investigation.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The true-life sports biopic unleashes Leo as Alice, the loud, over-the-top matriarch of a large Boston family and manager mom to Micky Ward, a championship boxing contender trained by his drug-addict pugilist half-brother Dicky.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
7 Mar. 2026
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The Boricua pugilist rode a prolonged winning streak heading into his match with Mexican fighter Salvador Sánchez in August 1981.—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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“Boxer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boxer. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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