Thesaurus results for RUNNER

runner

noun

ˈrə-nər

Definition of runner

as in smuggler

a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally a drug runner

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one that carries a message or does an errand sent a runner to tell them that all was ready for the feast

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Recent Examples of runner The book runners for the issuance include Wells Fargo, Citigroup and BNP Paribas, among several other banks. — Sean Conlon,liz Napolitano,hugh Leask,justina Lee, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2026 Upon crossing the finish line, Ghirardelli hot cocoa awaited runners along with jackets and finishers' medals. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 1 Nov. 2026 Xavier had five runners in the top 14 and won its eighth straight class title, and 26th overall, with a dominating performance Saturday. — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 31 Oct. 2026 Best of luck to all of the runners competing in the New York City Marathon this weekend. — Sean McGowan, New York Times, 30 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for runner

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Employees have become burned out and morally conflicted as their focus has shifted from pursuing drug smugglers and human traffickers to apprehending asylum seekers in courthouses and arresting day laborers at their worksites.

— Francisco Cantú, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The front-running suspect in that alt theory is now Joey Ippolito, a former drug smuggler and friend of Simpson’s.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 1 Nov. 2026

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These exchanges often have very little to do with what’s actually happening in your life and much more to do with something unsaid or unresolved with the messenger.

— Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026
They were meant to act as messengers between the living and the deities.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of messenger

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Illinois records indicate that Kostyuk also incorporated Ovogene in 2021, and Ark Cryo — which ships frozen eggs, embryos, and other biomaterials internationally via human courier — in 2020.

— Megan Molteni, STAT, 2 Nov. 2026
Instacart has no equivalent courier pickup returns product, and its apparel returns still run through each retailer’s own in-store policy.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of courier

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