lancer

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Recent Examples of lancer Perhaps they were rejected earlier under Ohio’s regular unemployment system and didn’t realize a new one is now available for lower-wage workers and people such as free-lancers who report income on IRS 1099 forms. Rich Exner, cleveland, 4 June 2020 The empire specializes in magic, the kingdom focuses on lancers, while the alliance touts the best archers. Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 26 July 2019 Turkish troops retreated under the command of Mustafa Kemal—later the founder of the republic of Turkey (and better known as Atatürk)—and were pursued by the emir Faisal’s Arab forces, by Mysore lancers, and by Australian armored car units. Mark Mazower, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2019 Dunman served as a courier who rode from the Alamo through a line of enemy lancers to deliver the letter Colonel William B. Travis wrote asking for reinforcements. Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 2 May 2018 The junior played a huge part in the big GMC match against Middletown bowling games of 224 and 244 and helped his team to a second-place finish at the lancer baker bash. Melanie Laughman, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 2018 That's because his Lancers held up their end of an early-season bet, winning the Public League title, 17-10, against a feisty Simon Gratz squad. Aaron Carter, Philly.com, 19 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lancer
Noun
  • The nighttime steppe is an army of archers aiming their electric black arrows directly at you.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The film’s narrative kicks into gear when the legendary sun-shooting archer vanishes during a mission to rescue the dying sun, prompting Chang Er to embark on a perilous journey to the moon’s dark side alongside an earthbound bandit who crash-lands into her world.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • It was taken inside the Lafitte Hotel on Bourbon Street, at the center of the French Quarter, after a guardsman used the bathroom on Sunday night.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The move comes after two West Virginia guardsmen were shot near the White House in November.
    Steven Beynon, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Oforah was an infantry rifleman.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The Marine Corps said Rubio was trained as an infantry rifleman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • And while the lone spearman's attack may have been futile at the time, the tactic has been since been vindicated by history.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 14 Jan. 2019
Noun
  • Hany Mukhtar and Sam Surridge have a third musketeer in the attack after the smash free-agent signing of Espinoza.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The Musketeers then partner with an aspiring musketeer to take down Cardinal Richelieu and expose his plans.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Then Aemon dies accidentally when a Myrish crossbowman shoots him by accident on Tarth, then Jaehaerys has to decide who becomes the new heir.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2022
Noun
  • The Marquis de Morès was the first leader in the West to emerge on the political stage as a populist, an antisemite, and (though the word did not yet exist) a fascist militiaman, all at once.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Reinforcements arrived: 200 Virginia militiamen and 100 British regulars.
    Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Tim Walz enlisted as an artilleryman in the Nebraska Army National Guard in 1981, the day after his 17th birthday.
    The Editors, National Review, 8 Aug. 2024

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“Lancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lancer. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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