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Recent Examples of spear-carrier
Simpson emerged as a spear-carrier for Social Security benefit cuts in 2010, when he was appointed the GOP co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, established by Barack Obama as a sop to conservative deficit hawks.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spear-carrier
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His brother, Mason, is a walk-on linebacker at UTSA.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 June 2025
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His first college coach, Paul Tidwell, remembers Boyer arriving at Snow Junior College in Ephraim, Utah, as a 180-pound walk-on linebacker with no college offers and no fanfare.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Scenes are often crowded with supernumeraries.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
30 Mar. 2023
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One of West Hartford’s earlier patrol officers, Martin McCue, started as a part-time supernumerary in 1929 and became a full-time officer a year later.—
Don Stacom,
courant.com,
12 Nov. 2020
Noun
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Sources told the Hollywood Reporter that Anderson and her costar ultimately took home equal pay for the series.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
23 June 2025
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The two would later appear as costars in Citizen Ruth (1996), Daddy and Them (2001), Inland Empire (2006) and on HBO's Enlightened.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
People.com,
22 June 2025
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The Australian actress has been nominated for eight Academy Awards and won twice (for Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator and Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine), and has also been nominated for two Emmys (Mrs. America) and has won four Golden Globes from 13 nominations.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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Studio reps launched an official investigation, speaking to the actress in question and others involved in Cobra Kai’s Season 6 production.—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
27 June 2025
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“Spear-carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spear-carrier. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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