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

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Recent Examples of runner Te’s [Javonte Williams] a very smart runner, obviously, but physical, patient and just does a hell of a job. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2025 Now a new study that followed ultramarathon runners for up to a year suggests an answer. Jason Dinh, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025 Milers and other middle-distance runners tend to have a very high anaerobic capacity. Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025 Costumes are highly encouraged, as runners will take a scenic route along the Mississippi River on West River Road and across the Stone Arch Bridge. Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for runner
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Noun
  • The next administration could once again allow smugglers to exploit loopholes that resulted in hundreds of thousands of children being pushed across the border.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Teaming with a colorful cast of characters, their investigation sends them on an expedition that takes in Scottish politics, AI, cults, secret agents, smugglers, and vegan record shops.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Unlike the innumerable photons from sunlight, perhaps a dozen per second trickle through my cornea from this distant messenger, having departed it years ago, colliding with my photoreceptors and ending their unlikely journey.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These kinds of supplements are thought to promote joint health by triggering the immune system to produce chemical messengers that tamp down inflammation.
    Maria Godoy, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Jackpocket is the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.
    Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Winning lottery numbers are sponsored byJackpocket, the official digital lottery courier of the USA TODAY Network.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Runner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runner. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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