pushers

plural of pusher

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pushers
Noun
  • JPMorgan traders said in a note to clients Friday that the quick downturn in this space may be more due to the sector’s history.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Middle Eastern traders like my father might’ve started to trickle in in search of business opportunities, but me?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These migrants — some whole families, one teenager traveling alone, many young men, a mother with her three young children — had started their journey in Libya, paying smugglers thousands of dollars for this chance to reach Europe.
    Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The smugglers reportedly received £300 per iPhone.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The Tunnels story is that Chinese immigrants built a network of tunnels under the city because they were forced to live underground; the tunnels were then used by gangsters and bootleggers, including Al Capone.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Prohibition also took hold in Indiana during the decade, though bootleggers did pop up across the state.
    Joe Mutascio, IndyStar, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Surveillance footage reportedly showed young girls hopping fences in what appeared to be attempts to escape.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Guard members have also been tasked with beautification efforts, like collecting trash, spreading mulch and painting fences.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Anderson’s chaotic but intensely touching father-daughter saga is set against a cluttered canvas of revolutionaries, cultists and political hustlers.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Harrelson and Snipes starred alongside Perez in White Men Can't Jump as two street basketball hustlers who entered into a business partnership together, only for chaos to ensue.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Pushers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pushers. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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