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Recent Examples of fencer
Of course, not every fencer will pay full price to attend.
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Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
28 May 2026
The rise of K-pop rapper Jackson Wang, who was a competitive fencer before turning his attention to music, has also spurred awareness of the sport among Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 May 2026
Continue reading … YIELD IN DEFEAT — Judge strikes blow to female athletes in shocking ruling over alleged trans fencer.
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FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Declan Coady was a gym enthusiast, a fencer and an Eagle Scout with a love for camping in national parks, hiking, white-water rafting and exploring the outdoors with his family, according to his sister and his obituary.
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Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
This is Jabeur's first child with Kamoun, a fitness trainer and former professional fencer.
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Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Inside that costume was Piper Randolph, a first-team All-American junior fencer who excelled in the Pan-American Cadet Championships.
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Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
Szabo, a fencer from Romania, was competing at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and was assisted by a friend who drove him away from the athletes’ village and to freedom.
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Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Former fencer Ed Callan made the switch to curling about a year ago and hasn’t looked back.
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Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
Justin Birnbaum,
Sportico.com,
28 May 2026
The rise of K-pop rapper Jackson Wang, who was a competitive fencer before turning his attention to music, has also spurred awareness of the sport among Gen Z and Gen Alpha.
—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 May 2026
Continue reading … YIELD IN DEFEAT — Judge strikes blow to female athletes in shocking ruling over alleged trans fencer.
—
FOXNews.com,
27 May 2026
Declan Coady was a gym enthusiast, a fencer and an Eagle Scout with a love for camping in national parks, hiking, white-water rafting and exploring the outdoors with his family, according to his sister and his obituary.
—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
This is Jabeur's first child with Kamoun, a fitness trainer and former professional fencer.
—
Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
Inside that costume was Piper Randolph, a first-team All-American junior fencer who excelled in the Pan-American Cadet Championships.
—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
Szabo, a fencer from Romania, was competing at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, and was assisted by a friend who drove him away from the athletes’ village and to freedom.
—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
13 Mar. 2026
Former fencer Ed Callan made the switch to curling about a year ago and hasn’t looked back.
—
Kate Bradshaw,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fencer
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Fifty years and thousands of runs later, six of the original players still take to the diamond nearly every Sunday, swinging for the fences.
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Oracle Park’s spacious dimensions and San Francisco’s chilly climate have suppressed home runs for more than two decades, but this was a true no-doubt blast that cleared the left-center field fence by plenty of feet.
Noun
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For example, when Rhode Islanders complained about how the British ship Gaspee was attacking their ships without mercy in its hunt for smugglers, the Royal Navy waved away the colonial government.
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To get there, Sodais climbed mountains in the snow, moved from border to border with the help of smugglers, got captured a dozen times and spent time in jail.
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“Fencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fencer. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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