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frontiersmen

noun

plural of frontiersman

as in pioneers

a person who settles in a new region the frontiersmen were willing to brave harsh living conditions in order to achieve a better life

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Recent Examples of frontiersmen Summer 2026 will be full of vampires, dragons, frontiersmen, superheroes and President Barack Obama. — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 June 2026

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After all, modern hikers and campers have access to tools the pioneers could never have imagined.

— Elaine Reno, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
The marker is the first in Miami-Dade County from the Florida Civil Rights Museum as part of its heritage trail honoring Black pioneers throughout Florida.

— Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026

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More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023, according to Palestinian health authorities, a figure that includes those killed by Israeli settlers, while dozens of Israelis have also been killed.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026
The ambassador last month spoke out sharply after weeks of unrest in the town of Qusra, where settlers surrounded several homes including one owned by a Palestinian American.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

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Japan regained sovereignty over the island in the 1970s, but the American military still has a heavy presence there, continuing tensions between locals and the armed colonists surrounding them.

— Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
In his telling, the Lenape agreed to sell Dutch colonists only as much land on Manhattan as could be covered by a man’s breeches.

— Eric Lach, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026

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