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Recent Examples of fencer
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.
—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
For instance, Paralympic fencer Ellen Geddes, Paralympic judoka Maria Liana Mutia, and Paralympic Taekwondo bronze medalist Evan Medell all have worked outside jobs while pursuing their athletic careers.
—Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The three-time British-American Olympic fencer Chamley-Watson has also become a brand ambassador.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 5 Jan. 2026
On the second day of April, a budding hero was born when footage of fencer Stephanie Turner kneeling to protest a trans opponent at a USA Fencing event went viral.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
This is Jabeur’s first child with husband Karim Kamoun, a fitness trainer and former professional fencer.
—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
Olympic and world champion fencer Miles Chamley-Watson has signed with United Talent Agency and Digital Brand Architects for joint representation.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
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
For instance, Paralympic fencer Ellen Geddes, Paralympic judoka Maria Liana Mutia, and Paralympic Taekwondo bronze medalist Evan Medell all have worked outside jobs while pursuing their athletic careers.
—Liz Elting, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
The three-time British-American Olympic fencer Chamley-Watson has also become a brand ambassador.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 5 Jan. 2026
On the second day of April, a budding hero was born when footage of fencer Stephanie Turner kneeling to protest a trans opponent at a USA Fencing event went viral.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
This is Jabeur’s first child with husband Karim Kamoun, a fitness trainer and former professional fencer.
—Amy McCarthy, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
Olympic and world champion fencer Miles Chamley-Watson has signed with United Talent Agency and Digital Brand Architects for joint representation.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fencer
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Langeliers blasted a 467-foot shot off the top of the left field fence for a 4-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning, the longest homer in the bigs this season and the sixth of the year for the power-hitting catcher.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Is the town requiring the fences to be moved, or just recommending it?—
Gary Singer,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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The tactic has become more popular with smugglers as police on the beaches try to thwart crossings by puncturing the rafts that groups of migrants have to inflate and carry to the water.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Cook County Jail in Chicago, which houses nearly 5,000 detainees, has reported increasing cases of smugglers soaking paper with synthetic drugs and sending them into the jail through mail or visitors.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Fencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fencer. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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