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Recent Examples of bushranger
And none more, maybe, than for Ned Kelly, the Australian bushranger whose body-armored exploits have made him a muse since the dawn of cinema.
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
Ned gets his shot at revenge against O’Neil in a scene that plays like an unnerving castration fantasy, egged on by Harry Power (a superb Russell Crowe), the famous bushranger who takes the boy under wing.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
The drama follows the ne'er-do-well's boyhood as an accomplice to a criminal bushranger (Russell Crowe), Ned's contempt for the law when his mother (Essie Davis) is unfairly imprisoned, and his anarchic days as an adult running a rebellious gang.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
The world's first feature film, called The Story of the Kelly Gang, is an hour-plus romp about a band of outlaw Australian bushrangers.
—Simon Van Zuylen Wood, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
But the fateful Glenrowan showdown with an incoming trainload of cops doesn't go as planned, as anyone familiar with the bushranger's legend will know.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2019
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
Ned gets his shot at revenge against O’Neil in a scene that plays like an unnerving castration fantasy, egged on by Harry Power (a superb Russell Crowe), the famous bushranger who takes the boy under wing.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
The drama follows the ne'er-do-well's boyhood as an accomplice to a criminal bushranger (Russell Crowe), Ned's contempt for the law when his mother (Essie Davis) is unfairly imprisoned, and his anarchic days as an adult running a rebellious gang.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
The world's first feature film, called The Story of the Kelly Gang, is an hour-plus romp about a band of outlaw Australian bushrangers.
—Simon Van Zuylen Wood, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
But the fateful Glenrowan showdown with an incoming trainload of cops doesn't go as planned, as anyone familiar with the bushranger's legend will know.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushranger
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Most importantly, perhaps, is the fact that The Newt sits within a true working farm, with some 522 people employed across the whole business, including farmers, conservation managers, gardeners, scientists, beekeepers, and woodsmen and women.—
Angelina Villa-Clarke,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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Players start with a handful of villagers, which players convert to woodsmen and other roles.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
28 May 2025
Noun
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The story centers on a mother (Betty Gilpin) and her son who are escorted on their violent journey by mysterious mountain man Isaac (Taylor Kitsch).—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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The only people who can help Sara and Devin are Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), a grouchy mountain man, and Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier), a mute Shoshone girl fleeing her own violent past.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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When Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto’s expedition entered the region in 1542, the Caddo's thriving communities dispersed along the Brazos, Trinity, Neches, Sabine, Red and Ouachita rivers.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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French explorer Samuel de Champlain named the St. John River for St. John the Baptist from the Christian Bible in 1604.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
18 July 2025
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“Bushranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushranger. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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