ransomer

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Noun
  • Jokanovic had collected 14 kills by the time the third set had ended, and one of them grazed the top of two Ball State defenders’ heads before hitting the court for the set-winner in the third frame.
    Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 10 May 2026
  • San Diego opened the scoring early in the second half as Dudinha’s shot went in off a deflection from defender Sarah Gorden in the 49th minute.
    Damian Calhoun, Daily News, 10 May 2026
Noun
  • Perry says her mother was also a fierce, if deeply flawed, protector, who was forced to become the sole provider as Perry’s father squandered his earnings.
    Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • In his most high-profile dispute, Valdez hit his own catcher, César Salazar, in the chest protector after a cross-up that some viewed as intentional.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • In the letter accompanying Knight's warrant to the state prison warden, DeSantis appeared to mistakenly reference Hitchcock instead of Knight.
    CBS Miami Team, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The most visible woman at the company, though, had long been Donaldson’s mother, Sue Parisher, a former military-prison warden who led the company’s HR department.
    Irin Carmon, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The union, which represents animal care specialists, patrol officers, custodians, groundskeepers, patrol officers, aides and seasonal workers, said the zoo's last contract offer would have taken away their health care plan without providing a comparable alternative.
    Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • The report scored 542 tokenized assets on a scale from wrapper, where a token represents a claim on an offchain asset held by a custodian, to native, where issuance, redemption, and custody all happen fully onchain.
    Jack Kubinec, Fortune, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Baseman said the nearly 21-year-old character, named after his childhood crush, is an all-knowing keeper of secrets and represents acceptance.
    Iris Kwok May 12, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • Lloris entered with eight shutouts through his first 10 starts, posting three more clean sheets than any other keeper in the league.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 May 2026
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
  • There are 10 others — a bear, dragon, fox, knight, lion, marauder, mustang, red panda, watchman and wolf — that will be narrowed to a final three via a public voting process that ends Friday.
    Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Ideas like reparative journalism and sousveillance — an antonym for surveillance, concerning watching the watchmen in a reversal of power — earn fleeting mentions, but are never the focus of actual inquiry.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Police said the suspect was detained and used a gun owned by a legal guardian.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Entrants must be in grades 5-12; a parent/guardian must submit for students aged 12 and younger.
    Keith Sharon, USA Today, 4 May 2026
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“Ransomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransomer. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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