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Recent Examples of placer
The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Aside from metal prices and some automation, placer mining has changed little over the past 125 years.
—Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025
Jimena Nava Garcia, a Tavares ninth grader who ran with Red Sea as a middle schooler, was the girls first placer in 20:36.10.
Timber Creek edged Sanford Seminole 46-48 to win the Summertime boys title.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Tennis Micah Ober, Winters Mill, senior The county boys singles division is wide open after the top three placers at last year’s county tournament all graduated, but Ober could be the player to beat.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
Aside from metal prices and some automation, placer mining has changed little over the past 125 years.
—Sara Miller Llana, Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2025
Jimena Nava Garcia, a Tavares ninth grader who ran with Red Sea as a middle schooler, was the girls first placer in 20:36.10.
Timber Creek edged Sanford Seminole 46-48 to win the Summertime boys title.
—Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Tennis Micah Ober, Winters Mill, senior The county boys singles division is wide open after the top three placers at last year’s county tournament all graduated, but Ober could be the player to beat.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for placer
Noun
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So is Shai Gilgeous-Alexanders for the Thunder, defending champs.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Verstappen is frustrated, and that’s understandable behavior for a four-time F1 champ.—
Jerry Perez,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Among those with in five shots of the lead are former Masters champion Patrick Reed, despite having to settle for a 72, and Patrick Cantlay, who opened the Masters with a 77 and became the first player in seven years to play bogey-free two straight days with rounds of 67-66.—
Doug Ferguson,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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The difference between feeling comfortable and being comfortable on the scoreboard is often what defines the mindset of a Masters champion.—
Jacob Lev,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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The event, officially called the Draper Pitch Competition, brought together three finalist teams of undergraduates, graduate students, and alumni.—
CBS Texas Staff,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Karla Cordero is a Chicana storyteller, educator and author of the poetry collection, How to Pull Apart the Earth, winner of the San Diego Book Award and an International Latino Book Award finalist.—
Yesika Salgado,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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In the same jungle, centuries earlier, a group of Spanish conquerors falls to that same ruthless force.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Babur’s family traced its lineage to both the Turkic conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) on his father’s side and Chagatai, the second son of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, on his mother’s side.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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