gallowglass

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Noun
  • The knight and his diminutive squire, Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell) go to a puppet show.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Gibney illustrates that state of waiting, of staving off what at that time appears to be the inevitable, with the famous sequence from Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal, in which Max von Sydow’s medieval knight plays chess with Death on a desolate beach.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, there's enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.
    Robert Lloyd, Houston Chronicle, 21 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, there’s enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Netherlands' Queen Maxima has joined her country's army as a reservist, voicing concern about national security.
    Frank Andrews, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Crown Princess Amalia, the heir to the Dutch throne, completed her basic military training last month as a volunteer reservist in the army.
    Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • And in a news conference this week, New Orleans’ police superintendent questioned ICE’s arrest of one of the agency’s recruits.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • As detailed above, Benfica were off the pace in the league, out of the two Portuguese cups and seemingly heading out of Europe — all with a squad filled with questionable recruits, creaking veterans and unproven kids.
    Nick Miller, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In fact, in many cases, Russian forces appear to be using conscripts as live test subjects for experimental systems such as this new suit.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Rehabs throughout South Africa are full of white ex-conscripts.
    Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In the past, the word conjured visions of a wealthy man trying to sniff out a gold-digger by sealing off his assets.
    Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The hydrogen digger’s deployment follows earlier trials at Gallagher’s Hermitage Quarry in Kent.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Former University of Arkansas player Boogie Fland chipped in 15 points, 8 assists and a career-high 8 steals for the defending national champion Gators (16-6, 7-2 SEC).
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Feb. 2026
  • His parents Ben and Jessica Ruthe are both national-level champion athletes in New Zealand and his grandmother Rosemary Stirling is a 1972 Olympian.
    Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
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“Gallowglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallowglass. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.

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