Thesaurus results for BRAWLERS

brawlers

noun

plural of brawler

as in fighters

a person who takes part in a dispute every couple has marital problems, but those two are heavyweight brawlers in a seriously dysfunctional relationship

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Recent Examples of brawlers The episodes saw 12 brawlers face off in teams led by Flay, Maneet Chauhan and Antonia Lofaso, aiming to win over judges Williamson, Carson Kressley and Rodney Scott. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025 Displacing the ’90s boom bap and aughts brawlers of her last album is a streak of assiduous ’80s R&B exercises that foreground her gains as a vocalist more often than her gobstopping wordplay as a rapper. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025 Angel was friends with one of the two initial brawlers inside Norwood’s Williamsbridge Oval Playground, a regular hangout spot for the young teen, but didn’t participate in the outset of the violence. — Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025

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Houthi fighters in Yemen have increased attacks against targets in Saudi Arabia, and the kingdom’s East-West oil pipeline, a key route for Saudi crude exports, has shut down amid attacks.

— Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026
Both fighters carried Legion sensor systems equipped with a pre-production version of L3Harris’ HiveLink.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of fighters

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Thaci and the other defendants, Kadri Veseli, Rexhep Selimi and Jakup Krasniqi, pleaded not guilty to all charges against them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
By filing that brief handwritten petition, Kohberger is putting himself in the category of many criminal defendants before him, who have argued after the fact that their guilty pleas were coerced.

— Mark Guarino, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of defendants

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Several plaintiffs who initially filed under Jane and John Doe pseudonyms were ordered by judges to reveal their identities, prompting some to withdraw their cases altogether.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
The plaintiffs also claim the president doesn't have the authority to build the arch without approval from Congress.

— Kristin Wright, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of plaintiffs

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The accomplishments of athletes are every bit as impressive and legitimate as those of dancers, debaters, and oboists.

— Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
Research has previously shown that AI models can be extremely persuasive, more so than even the best human salespeople or debaters.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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