ransomer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ransomer
Noun
  • Head coach Robin van Persie’s pressing scheme was to show Villa’s defenders down the line, with Feyenoord’s closest central midfielder pressing the ball-side No 10.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The Revolution provided a brief scare through a 59th-minute goal from Dor Turgeman, who embarrassed a defender before curling home a spectacular effort, but Inter Miami broke the tie almost immediately after the strike that made the score 2-1.
    Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jakob Poeltl is more solid than an elite rim-protector, and the Raptors have precious little of that behind him with the exception of two-way project Ulrich Chomche.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Crash pillows from MotoGP lined the bottom to absorb impacts, while Dias wore a spine protector and Prada’s Linea Rossa gear.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Clermont County Animal Shelter took possession of the animals after they were recovered by the wardens.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Even after the state Supreme Court ordered her release, Bailey’s office told the prison warden to ignore the court’s order.
    Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Comey was, and is, doing what that NASA custodian was doing – serving his country with passion and pride.
    Billy Ray, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • On May 18, 2022, Baker filed an affidavit requesting an arrest warrant for Skeet and three of his ranch hands, including Leroy Medlin, the county custodian at the time.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Norwegian striker first looped the ball over the keeper to give City the lead before later leaping highest to power home for his second after Monaco had equalised through a brilliant Jordan Teze finish.
    Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Lester Smith, who had been working at Abbey Road since 1970, was the keeper of Abbey Road’s microphone collection, which then totaled eight hundred–plus — all of them kept in good repair and still used to this day.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • She’s accompanied by a chaperone/warder, Loti (Céline Menville), a Frenchwoman who has a mean way with a dagger, and cabin boy Blaster (Kayden Price).
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
  • Singh hails the series’ secondary and tertiary cast, who played warders and prisoners.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The old man of the night, the watchman not yet in bed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The Forest Preserves of Cook County purchased the property in 1921, and the house served as a watchman’s residence until 2015, then sat unused.
    Daily Southtown, Chicago Tribune, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Madeley will play Aunt Medora, Ellen’s former guardian.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Anna Madeley as Aunt Medora, Ellen’s lively, amoral aunt and former guardian.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Ransomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransomer. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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