Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ransomer
Noun
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At 6-9, 325, Burke is a massive player who looks to overwhelm defenders on every snap.—
Dane Brugler,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Because a defender never touched him, the ball was awarded to the Battlehawks.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That drives pocket-protector wearing water engineers a little crazy, because steady outcomes are what these men and women live for.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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My wonderful brother understands and has always been my witness and protector, but since Mother died, my older sisters are rewriting history.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
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The news comes as Broadway production company Seaview announced the acquisition of the revival rights from the new custodians of the Tennessee Williams estate.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Apr. 2026
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The group successfully won the rights to stage the show from the Williams Estate’s new custodians at International Literary Properties in a competitive situation.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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This is a super-interesting profile by Tom Burrows on Paris Saint-Germain’s Matvey Safonov, the Russian ‘keeper who is seeing them through the second half of the season.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Dortmund ‘keeper Gregor Kobel denied Cyriaque Irié a consolation goal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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Singh hails the series’ secondary and tertiary cast, who played warders and prisoners.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Polis’ attorneys said Tuesday that the governor essentially trusted an ICE agent’s word that the agency wanted the information for a criminal probe, rather than so that ICE could arrest and deport immigrant children or their guardians, as the groups suing Polis have alleged.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
21 Apr. 2026
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If Floridians register as a minor, their parents or legal guardians have the authority to make the final decision.—
Bruce Staley,
Sun Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Ransomer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ransomer. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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