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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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However, the National Republican Senatorial Committee has already blasted Peltola as a radical leftist in a new 45-second ad.—
Molly Parks,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Jan. 2026
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Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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Merz is a conservative Atlanticist and unapologetic economic liberal.—
Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
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This year, the party has another chance to try something other than nominating a conventional liberal who loses and then gets to run an NGO.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Before the Red Sox signed Ranger Suarez to a five-year, $130 million contract this past winter, the All-Star lefty became renowned for his ability to squash opposing rallies by drawing key double plays in big spots.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Mets are relying on a bounce-back campaign from the lefty.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2026
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“Left-winger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left-winger. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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