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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
Noun
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Chad Powers was inspired by the real-life events of Eli going undercover at Penn State to try out as a walk-on quarterback during a 2022 episode of Eli's Places.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Just as Ted Lasso began life as a promo for NBC’s English Premier League coverage, Chad Powers crawled out of a gag on Eli’s Places, Eli Manning’s post-retirement ESPN+ program, in which the former Giants quarterback hides under prosthetics to pose as an aspiring Penn State walk-on.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
29 Sep. 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
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This seemingly marks the first time Tom has publicly spoken about his engagement to his 29-year-old Marvel costar since the news broke in January that the longtime couple would be heading down the aisle.—
Rachel McRady,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Wednesday actresses Emma Myers and Evie Templeton reunited with their Season 2 costar Lady Gaga for the first of the singer’s eight Mayhem Ball shows at London’s O2 Arena and Manchester’s Co-Op Live Monday night.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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Comedian and actress Tina Fey wrote the screenplay.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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In September, a French judge ordered Depardieu stand trial in a criminal court on charges of rape related to accusations by actress Charlotte Arnould.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Spear-carrier.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spear-carrier. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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