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Recent Examples of left-winger
The writing has been on the wall for a Panarin deal, with the Rangers struggling at 22-28-6 this season and the veteran left-winger having just one year left on his contract.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Instead, Howe went for raw pace, fielding Gordon as a false nine, with Barnes as a roaming left-winger who regularly cut inside, and Anthony Elanga down the right.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Instead, Howe went for raw pace, fielding Gordon as a false nine, with Barnes as a roaming left-winger who regularly cut inside, and Anthony Elanga down the right.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left-winger
Noun
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Melton’s Austin starts as a baby leftist crying over a dead bee, then becomes torn between the authentic Korean cultural education Chairwoman Park claims to offer him and the increasingly ambitious Ashley, who wants to leverage Austin’s heritage for her own personal gain.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps Fogel, a fervent leftist, chafed at having to celebrate the family, that bourgeois institution.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Her efforts to come to terms with polyamory are couched as a political project—part of being an open-minded liberal—as much as a romantic one.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The 6-foot-10 lefty allowed three runs — two scored on his throwing error — in a shaky first before settling down, and striking out four.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Counsell then turned to veteran lefty Caleb Thielbar, who had to work out of a jam.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Left-winger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left-winger. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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