gallowglass

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Noun
  • There, like a knight in a castle armory, you will be agog at the choices.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 9 May 2026
  • In later life, Richard was honored as Lord Attenborough, and David became a knight of the realm.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Additionally, Leo has named a former Swiss Guard lieutenant, Anton Kappler, to serve as a second administrative aide in his office, alongside the former gendarme Piergiorgio Zanetti.
    Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The Israeli military said explosive drones launched by Hezbollah had fallen within Israeli territory, and one Israeli reservist soldier had been severely injured.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • One network of seven suspects reportedly received about $300,000, while an Iron Dome reservist was allegedly paid $1,000 — and in some cases, even less.
    Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • In a Vanity Fair interview, Kiffin tried explaining why LSU is easier to recruit to than Ole Miss, essentially saying some Black recruits and their families didn’t want to play in Oxford because of the school’s racial history.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
  • As the top driver at his regional French shipping company, Étienne always delivers on schedule and serves as a role model for new recruits, including the unruly if endearing Jordan (Armindo Alves de Sa), who’s only starting to learn the ropes.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • In 2001, when Germany still had conscription, the headcount was 300,000 — more than a third of them conscripts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 May 2026
  • Joining doesn’t come without complications for a country that effectively cannot order its conscripts to fight overseas.
    Liam Denning, Bloomberg, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Many solitary wasps dig nesting chambers in sandy soils, like the cicada killer and the great golden digger wasps.
    Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Though the role required sacrificing vanity, when Catherine's father (Ralph Richardson) destroys her chances to marry a gold-digger (Montgomery Clift), the double betrayal transforms the shy woman into an iron maiden.
    Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Some draftees have an immediate impact—this year’s Super Bowl champions, the Seattle Seahawks, started two key players who were drafted last spring—but the process is mainly a means of incremental, long-term improvement.
    Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • The game’s newest major champion represents a refreshing and unchanging sense of self, bred by memories like those back in Wolverhampton, England.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 18 May 2026
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“Gallowglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallowglass. Accessed 19 May. 2026.

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