ranger

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Recent Examples of ranger The free ranger programs via the NPS are mainly held in the summer and fall, and no reservations are required. Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 3 Mar. 2026 The long-ranger into the top corner. Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026 Nearby, a law enforcement ranger administered a Breathalyzer to a young parkgoer in possession of a beer. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2026 In other deposition statements, LAFD firefighters testified that the land where the Lachman Fire broke out is part of California State Parks, and that a ranger at the scene told them that State Parks would patrol the area after fire crews left. Julie Sharp, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ranger
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Noun
  • While shallow marine ecosystems collapsed under falling oxygen levels, deeper-water species weathered the crisis in more stable conditions, then persisted into the post-extinction world that the Huayuan biota captures.
    Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Life sciences, marine and pharma are other leading targets.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Oforah was an infantry rifleman.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The Marine Corps said Rubio was trained as an infantry rifleman and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Crew can be assigned to the deck or boarding teams, with multiple slots for cannoneers, gunners, and boarders.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Artillery is a delicate skill, with cannoneers assessing topography, air pressure and even the weather at the top of the round’s parabolic arc before taking a shot.
    Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.
    Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Tim Walz enlisted as an artilleryman in the Nebraska Army National Guard in 1981, the day after his 17th birthday.
    The Editors, National Review, 8 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Score is kept, and levels such as space ace, cosmic commando and galactic hero are achieved.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Below, the troops run toward a Taliban position during a British commando offensive.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026

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“Ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ranger. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.

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