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Recent Examples of falconer
Tyler Sladen, a falconer in the Southwest, has an enormous pack of setters.
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Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2023
Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
An outdoorsman and falconer, Kennedy sued companies and government agencies over pollution in the Hudson River and its watershed.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
Long considered one of the oldest sports still practiced today, falconry has its participants, or falconers, train birds of prey (falcons, sometimes hawks, eagles or buzzards) to hunt wild game.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2023
Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.
—M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
An outdoorsman and falconer, Kennedy sued companies and government agencies over pollution in the Hudson River and its watershed.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
Long considered one of the oldest sports still practiced today, falconry has its participants, or falconers, train birds of prey (falcons, sometimes hawks, eagles or buzzards) to hunt wild game.
—Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falconer
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Perhaps swallow-tail bee-eaters, Africa openbill storks, and Burchell’s starlings, their stunning plumage flashing blue-green in the pink-gold gloaming: such sightings lend instant credence to the adage that Africa will make a birder out of anyone.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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To dress Cordelia Cupp the way a real person would dress herself, Paolo spent a lot of time on birding research; the clothes, the gear, what birders actually need to be able to do, the ways specific to the hobby that require participants to move.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Some people may have been scratching their heads when kids started screaming and crying after seeing a pig wearing a crown; With zombie pig men and skeleton archers riding spiders, why would this specific creature elicit such a guttural reaction?—
Issy van der Velde,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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At his best, Towns shoots like an archer, drives to the hoop like a rugby bruiser, and glides on his pivot foot, one smooth semicircle after another, like a grade-school protractor with its point puncturing the paper.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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Singapore’s famous hawker centers are a great way to try new cuisines in an affordable way with a casual atmosphere.—
Michelle Stansbury,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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Lamia is laser-focused on fulfilling her cake-baking duty, but Bibi has made this trip with another purpose, one that divides the two and sets Lamia on a quest through the city’s thoroughfares and backstreets and bustling souk, with its hawkers and their wares.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
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“Falconer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falconer. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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