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messengers

noun

plural of messenger

as in couriers

one that carries a message or does an errand the messenger comes by twice a day to pick up packages

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Recent Examples of messengers War Secretary Pete Hegseth has become one of the administration’s most active political messengers. — James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 6 Sep. 2026 Researchers who are sincere, relatable and genuinely care are effective messengers for communicating uncertain or evolving information. — Aleeza Gerstein, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026 Find the right messengers Local, trusted messengers outperform national campaigns, and the most recent Yale and George Mason polling suggests the field has been solving the wrong problem. — Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 The ancient route was first traveled by hunter-gatherers, before being used by Indigenous traders, Inca messengers, Spanish colonists, and railway workers, among others. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2026 The exact cause isn’t known, but Parkinson’s develops when cells that produce one of the brain’s chemical messengers — dopamine — begin to deteriorate and die. — CNN Money, 28 July 2026 How Simtriyo Works Simtriyo enhances the activity of natural chemical messengers in the brain that impact behavior, says Kelly Johnson-Arbor, MD, a toxicologist at MedStar Health in Washington, DC. — Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 28 July 2026 These short chains of amino acids are found naturally in the body and act as useful messengers, telling cells when to repair damaged tissue, produce hormones, reduce inflammation, and more. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 July 2026 The body uses omega-3s as building blocks and chemical messengers that help reduce inflammation, among other benefits. — Matt Fuchs, Time, 26 June 2026

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But even larger quantities went unseized as agents in Albuquerque stood by and watched as drug couriers entered hotels with backpacks believed to be carrying as many as 100,000 fentanyl pills.

— Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
And like the milkman, good-looking couriers delivering the coveted cooling relief became a source of jealousy for insecure husbands.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026

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Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepng'etich is serving a three-year doping ban after joining the many elite-level Kenyan runners suspended over the past decade.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
If any of the Braves’ starters go short, Fuentes can provide multi-inning outings but also come in during high-leverage situations if runners are on base.

— Jesús Cano, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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