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Recent Examples of sufferer
Willner went on the road with presentations that included his injecting himself with blood from an AIDS sufferer, as if to show that there was nothing to be feared from HIV.
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Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
No thug could hurt Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini)—North Jersey mob boss and sufferer of panic attacks—like his own family.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
But what to do about an illness that no one fully understands, least of all the sufferer?
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
No thug could hurt Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini)—North Jersey mob boss and sufferer of panic attacks—like his own family.
—John Ortved, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2025
Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
But what to do about an illness that no one fully understands, least of all the sufferer?
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufferer
victim
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Spohr died after being shot once in the head during the burglary at the couple’s Homewood residence on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, the victims’ family has said.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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If pulled out within 15 minutes, the Utah Avalanche Center says, 93% of avalanche victims live.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Sufferer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufferer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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