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While gopher tortoises can be encountered in abundance during a visit to the park, guests can also marvel at its longleaf pine forests, with bird species like the downy woodpecker and red-breasted nuthatch found flitting from tree to tree.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
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Wiegman’s long-time assistant, Arjan Veurink, is to leave after the tournament to take over the Netherlands’ women’s team.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
6 June 2025
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This kind of human moderator review of chats is pretty common in the gaming world and can even apply to voice recordings made by various smart home assistants.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 June 2025
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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
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Mercedes is everybody’s dogsbody, at home and at work.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2024
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Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
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Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
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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
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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
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Lyman Ward — who took on the role of Ferris’ dad, Tom Bueller, and is the ex-husband of Pickett — and Richard Edson, who played the garage attendant, were scheduled to attend the panel event, but did not appear.—
Stephanie Guerilus,
People.com,
8 June 2025
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The emotional story was shared in a post on Reddit, where the woman recounted how the United Airlines attendant listened to and comforted her.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 June 2025
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The alliance is targeting a law that’s slated to push the hourly minimum wage to $22.50 on July 1 for housekeepers, parking attendants and hotel restaurant workers, as well as LAX skycaps, baggage handlers and concession employees.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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In the lawsuit against Robison, which was filed on May 6, the accusers identified themselves as four former housekeepers who worked at his Chatsworth home between 2006 and 2024.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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