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Recent Examples of fencer
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.
—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
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
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
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
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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There, in the scorching desert, guarded by fences and video surveillance, this fish swims around in a sunken fishbowl made of rock that's been its only natural home for millennia.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 May 2026
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No one was keeping a distance chart on the launches, but all of them easily cleared the fence, which measures 200 feet in left field, 215 to center.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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That day, six medium-sized speedboats, belonging to drug traffickers or smugglers, had sought refuge from a storm among the breakwaters and docks of the port.—
Óscar Martínez,
The Dial,
30 Apr. 2026
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Police operations led to the arrest of 480 smugglers last year, the French Interior Ministry said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Fencer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fencer. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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