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as in smugglers
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
a drug runner
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as in messengers
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 runners
Just as runners do yoga to improve their running, training unrelated attention skills makes your main goals easier to achieve.
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Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Starting with the technical side of things, these New Balance trail runners incorporate a tough impact-reducing toe box and a Vibram rubber sole to tackle anything the outdoors throws at you with ease.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
Cleveland finished 2-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Early runners and riders include Jonathan Allan, Channel 4’s interim CEO, and All3Media CEO Jane Turton.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
His competitors have become distant runners up.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The rookie flamethrower entered in the top of the sixth with runners on second and third and protected the two-run lead by striking out Tim Tawa and Adrian Del Castillo.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Just seven have a lower OPS with runners in scoring position.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Last year, more than 1,600 people participated in the marathon and more than 1,900 runners completed the half marathon.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Starting with the technical side of things, these New Balance trail runners incorporate a tough impact-reducing toe box and a Vibram rubber sole to tackle anything the outdoors throws at you with ease.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
Cleveland finished 2-for-5 with runners in scoring position.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Early runners and riders include Jonathan Allan, Channel 4’s interim CEO, and All3Media CEO Jane Turton.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
His competitors have become distant runners up.
—John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The rookie flamethrower entered in the top of the sixth with runners on second and third and protected the two-run lead by striking out Tim Tawa and Adrian Del Castillo.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Just seven have a lower OPS with runners in scoring position.
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Last year, more than 1,600 people participated in the marathon and more than 1,900 runners completed the half marathon.
—Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runners
Noun
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In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.—
Christina Hall,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the most important messengers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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All three voter blocs strongly favored Mayor Scott’s message and policies over the approach, by both GOP and Democratic politicians, that focused only on police as messengers and policing as a response to concerns about crime.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The co-conspirator would later coordinate the transfer of the victim’s money to other participants in the scheme who act as couriers.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Runners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runners. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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