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Recent Examples of stringer
The man in his 50s was discovered inside his white Toyota sedan in a parking structure along Century Boulevard near LAX, according to footage broadcast by RMG News, a stringer news service.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
With Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, the Commanders (5-12) started Johnson, their 39-year-old third-stringer.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
And now San Francisco is likely down its two starting linebackers (one of which is already a second-stringer), on top of all the team’s other season-defining injuries.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Eagles clinched the NFC East two weeks ago with a 29-18 win over the Commanders — who, with Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, will start 39-year-old third-stringer Josh Johnson.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
With Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, the Commanders (5-12) started Johnson, their 39-year-old third-stringer.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
And now San Francisco is likely down its two starting linebackers (one of which is already a second-stringer), on top of all the team’s other season-defining injuries.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Eagles clinched the NFC East two weeks ago with a 29-18 win over the Commanders — who, with Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, will start 39-year-old third-stringer Josh Johnson.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringer
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Tim Stelloh Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
21 May 2026
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Amanda Lee Myers is a senior crime reporter who covers the death penalty, cold case investigations and breaking news for USA TODAY.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
21 May 2026
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Romano points out that, when Lincoln emerged as a dark horse in the 1860 Presidential race, journalists covering the election sometimes found Mary more impressive than her spouse.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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After 28 years at FOX News Channel, Cavuto, a business journalist at the network, decided to leave.—
Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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The morning after the leak, toxins still hanging in the air, Raghu Rai, a photojournalist from Delhi, arrived in the city to document the aftermath of the disaster.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
23 May 2026
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Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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So, in one sportswriter’s opinion, the championship will come down to Point Loma and Mater Dei Classic.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
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As sportswriter Raymond Barone, Romano kept the laughs coming through interactions with his overbearing parents and put-upon wife Debra.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Another ex-staffer, maid Charlotte Briggs, echoed this sentiment in a 2022 interview with The Sun.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
22 May 2026
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An influencer turned campaign staffer for gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra quietly amended his social media posts to include a disclaimer that he was paid following uproar that rival candidate Tom Steyer had paid influencers to boost him online.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2026
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Griffith aspires to be a White House correspondent.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2026
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After the shooting at the correspondents' dinner, plans shifted to transform it into a secure facility, and costs have since soared to about a billion dollars.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
22 May 2026
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Veteran newsman Don Lemon won a 2026 Webby Award for The Don Lemon Show and my interview with him was so gripping about the responsibility of journalism that the whole thing needs to be read.—
Joshua Dudley,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Fifty years ago audiences were riveted by that thriller that focused on two relentless newsmen, played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were digging into the seedy mysteries of the Watergate scandal.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Stringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stringer. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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