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Recent Examples of jailer
Anyway, after Kishore’s tale is over, the jailer takes a shine to him and brings the young man home to introduce him to his wife — Asha!
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
The jailer was said to have found blood on Bethea’s underwear when he was asked to disrobe.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Press freedom groups rank China as the world's top jailer of journalists, with 112 journalists and media workers currently behind bars, alongside another eight in Hong Kong in the wake of Beijing's imposition of a national security law there in 2020.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Black Warrant carved out a distinct voice in the crime genre by flipping the lens—from the prisoner to the jailer.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
The jailer was said to have found blood on Bethea’s underwear when he was asked to disrobe.
—Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Press freedom groups rank China as the world's top jailer of journalists, with 112 journalists and media workers currently behind bars, alongside another eight in Hong Kong in the wake of Beijing's imposition of a national security law there in 2020.
—Ashish Valentine, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Black Warrant carved out a distinct voice in the crime genre by flipping the lens—from the prisoner to the jailer.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailer
Noun
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Several of the incidents occurred in residential neighborhoods, where wardens recovered crossbow bolts from front yards and porches, the release said.—
Natassia Paloma,
USA Today,
22 May 2026
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The juvenile bear’s wander across campus late Thursday and early Friday prompted an advisory to students and a search by UC Davis police and wardens from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife as well as Yolo County Animal Control.—
Allison Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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New York’s Bravest gathered at the entrance to a Staten Island hospital to cheer a fire marshal who was critically injured in a deadly explosion as doctors sent him back home to his family on Thursday.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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Investigators from the state fire marshal and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives took up the investigation in the aftermath of the explosion and fire, which took hours to contain.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 May 2026
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Due to safety concerns, the age restriction for overwater villa stays is 13 and up, though parents or guardians can sign a waiver upon booking.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Their protagonists tend to be runaways—men who join whaling expeditions in their haste to dodge the malaise that sets in on shore, boys who board rafts floating down the Mississippi to evade their guardians and their chores.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Goalkeeper Mike Penders, who spent last season on loan at Strasbourg, will be in contention to be the first-choice keeper, along with Robert Sanchez.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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And that activism – being a brother’s keeper – was evident in his personal life as well.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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The forgers of the future have become custodians of an optimistic past.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
4 June 2026
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Institutions still need clearinghouses, custodians, reporting systems, market surveillance, and legal accountability.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Liveried guards greet you at the grand entrance and breeze through ‘hello’ in any number of languages.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The Illini have the nation’s best backup big in Zvonimir Ivisic and need to hit on just one or two of their four freshman guards to round out the rotation.—
CJ Moore
June 2,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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“Jailer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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