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Recent Examples of cheerleader
The disappearance of Sierra, a cheerleader who hung posters of Marilyn Monroe in her bedroom and talked about makeup with her girlfriends, made national news.
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
Before attending college, Richie was a cheerleader at Hickman Mills High School.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
When Amber came out as the first out LGBTQ+ woman on a US Olympic figure skating team, her parents were her biggest cheerleader.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
The former competitive cheerleader said the laughing was an act of misogyny.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026
Before attending college, Richie was a cheerleader at Hickman Mills High School.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 Feb. 2026
When Amber came out as the first out LGBTQ+ woman on a US Olympic figure skating team, her parents were her biggest cheerleader.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
The former competitive cheerleader said the laughing was an act of misogyny.
—Jay Stahl, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheerleader
Noun
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Thank you for being my friend, mentor, encourager and visionary.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Miami resident said fellow travelers in his area are terrible sound scofflaws.—
Hannah Sampson The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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In this instance, though, her ire was trained on a fellow traveler.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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From late Qing reformers inspired by Athenian citizenship to nationalists who draw on Plato to bolster China’s political ideology, Bartsch shows how supple ancient texts are in the hands of interpreters.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Yamamoto’s interpreter, Yoshihiro Sonoda, was prepared.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Following the master's cremation, his disciples sifted through the cremains and found several colorful, pearly relics.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2026
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Hsing Yun had instructed disciples not to look for relics in his ashes.—
Deepa Bharath,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Cheerleader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheerleader. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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