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Recent Examples of gaffer
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maurice Leiter denied efforts by Baldwin and other producers to dismiss the lawsuit brought by gaffer — or chief electrician — Serge Svetnoy.
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Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2026
Svetnoy, the film's gaffer, spent the next 20 to 30 minutes rendering aid to Hutchins after realizing the cinematographer had been shot.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Baldwin had asked the court to fully dismiss the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
The suit was filed by Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the New Mexico set, who is claiming emotional distress due to negligence.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2026
Svetnoy, the film's gaffer, spent the next 20 to 30 minutes rendering aid to Hutchins after realizing the cinematographer had been shot.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Baldwin had asked the court to fully dismiss the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
The suit was filed by Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the New Mexico set, who is claiming emotional distress due to negligence.
—Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
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Family patriarch Billy Brown died in 2021.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
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Billy Brown, patriarch of the Brown family, died in 2021 after suffering a seizure.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
31 May 2026
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The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.—
Matt Pearce,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Oct. 2022
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Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.—
Dan Shaughnessy,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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Roy Keane has been taking pot shots at current skipper Bruno Fernandes.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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And his skipper couldn’t be prouder.—
Joaquin Ruiz,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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The old-timers try to stay in touch.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
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For every grousing old-timer who felt that Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman was contaminating the genre came another who expressed sheer joy that such a show even existed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Even though the rivers have been quiet ever since, the bureau has continued to maintain a full-time dedicated crew of two firefighters and a supervisor, with the boat costing taxpayers $1 million a year to staff and maintain.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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She was promoted to accountant around October 2012, the lawsuit says, to accounting supervisor in August 2019 and to accounting manager in the union’s international secretary-treasurer’s office in April 2024.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
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With each passing day, its oldster cast — including Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis — is closer to the grave.—
Graham Hillard,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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Most oldsters like myself still will probably find revisiting the piece enjoyable.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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In Tanzania, Singita is the steward of a 350,000-acre (about 550 square miles) private concession along the Western corridor of Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park, known as Singita Grumeti Reserves.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Bilton is replacing Tanya Simon, a longtime senior steward of the show and a daughter of one of its former correspondents, Bob Simon.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
1 June 2026
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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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