skirmishers

plural of skirmisher

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skirmishers
Noun
  • Season 42 continues on Wednesday with Richard Nguyen returning as champion to face two new challengers.
    USA TODAY Staff, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Three Democratic incumbents have now lost to progressive challengers as midterms season kicks into high gear.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • His girlfriend, Syanna Ruiz, held their child in court, demanding the defendants remain behind bars.
    Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • In court documents, O’Hara alleged the defendants violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, accusing them of unlawfully restricting free speech and initiating an unlawful seizure while using excessive force.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • In April, after another trial, a jury in Chicago ordered Abbott to pay four plaintiffs a total of $70 million.
    David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
  • The upshot is that plaintiffs can’t sue the biotech company for not putting a cancer warning on the label of Roundup, the popular weed killer.
    Zachary Karabell, Washington Post, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • Last year, contestants Cierra Ortega and Yulissa Escobar were dismissed from the show for their use of racist slurs.
    Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • In last year’s Season 7, two contestants, Yulissa Escobar and Cierra Ortega, were also caught using racial slurs and had to exit the Villa.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 28 June 2026
Noun
  • For some longtime advocates, the fear is more than just existential.
    Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 1 July 2026
  • The ruling was a setback for gun control advocates that had argued the measures were necessary for public safety in places like shopping malls, bars, restaurants, theaters, farms, arenas and private beaches.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Noun
  • Such has been such a dramatic overhaul in the conference that the Heat at one moment can be viewed as contenders for the NBA Finals and at another the perception quite reasonably can be … right back in the play-in pool.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2026
  • Elsewhere, general classification contenders Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek), Remco Evenepoel and Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) all produced good performances to stay within 40 seconds of the leading pair.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 4 July 2026
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“Skirmishers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skirmishers. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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