gofer

variants or gopher

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Recent Examples of gofer Seminole State Park Just north of the Florida Panhandle, Seminole State Park offers an opportunity to spot one of the South’s most intriguing reptiles—the gopher tortoise. Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 Keep an eye out for rare species like the American kestrel, gopher tortoise, and the flatwoods salamander. Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025 As a threatened species, gopher tortoises are called a keystone species because hundreds of other animals depend on them for their burrows. Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025 An act of vandalism could have a lasting effect on a pair of gopher tortoises in southwest Florida. Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for gofer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
Noun
  • The prosecution first brought forward former InterContinental Hotel assistant security director Israel Florez, now an LAPD officer.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 13 May 2025
  • To answer them, our own Adam Tyner teamed up with Matt Giani, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and his graduate assistant, Franchesca Lyra.
    Michael J. Petrilli, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Having progressed from bottle washing and being a general dogsbody to a youth strength and conditioning coach, Bunce served as Southampton’s head of athletic development between 2011 and 2014, working closely with youngsters such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luke Shaw.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Mercedes is everybody’s dogsbody, at home and at work.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
  • In other words, exactly the type of drudge work that corporates have outsourced for decades to offshore teams from the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Infosys.
    Iain Martin, Forbes, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The poofy train reportedly required three attendants.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 May 2025
  • Spend summer at lake Army Corps of Engineers seeks volunteer park attendants and campsite cleaners for the summer recreation season at Beaver Lake.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025
Noun
  • Woman alleges Smokey Robinson assault at singer's Las Vegas home Another woman who allegedly worked as a housekeeper for Robinson claimed the singer raped her during a work trip in the late 2000s.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 7 May 2025
  • Smokey, 85, is accused of harassing and assaulting four former housekeepers who worked at his Chatsworth home between 2006 and 2024, according to the suit.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2025

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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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