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as in traveller
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as in imposter
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Recent Examples of adventurer
Recently, Dunlop joined us to discuss a collection of books that chronicle the experiences of foreign adventurers in China.
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The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
From households to small businesses and outdoor adventurers, BLUETTI offers reliable, sustainable energy solutions tailored to evolving needs.
—New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
The only one of its kind, the rally has seen a huge surge in interest from Oyster owners, who could best be described as luxury adventurers.
—Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
The story of an Irish adventurer’s social rise in the 18th century, Barry Lyndon doesn’t have the wide appeal of Dr. Strangelove or A Clockwork Orange, but for the patient viewer, its rewards are just as rich.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2025
From households to small businesses and outdoor adventurers, BLUETTI offers reliable, sustainable energy solutions tailored to evolving needs.
—New Atlas, 14 Jan. 2025
The only one of its kind, the rally has seen a huge surge in interest from Oyster owners, who could best be described as luxury adventurers.
—Helen Iatrou, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
The story of an Irish adventurer’s social rise in the 18th century, Barry Lyndon doesn’t have the wide appeal of Dr. Strangelove or A Clockwork Orange, but for the patient viewer, its rewards are just as rich.
—Kevin Lincoln, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventurer
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Lisette Olivera assumes the mantle as Jess Valenzuela, a history buff and puzzle snob working odd jobs in New Orleans and mourning the recent death of her mother.—
Joshua Alston,
Variety,
14 Dec. 2022
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On their first day in town, treat your food snob to a fireworks show of Dallas at its most sophisticated.—
Dallas News,
Dallas News,
23 Mar. 2022
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Where Huang’s wardrobe for Oz emphasizes his position as a clumsy social climber, aspiring to classic mafia masculinity but too crass to fit in with the old-money elite, Sofia represents a different kind of outsider.—
Gavia Baker-Whitelaw,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2024
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Smith starred as Joyce Chilvers, a small-town social climber in postwar Northern England whose hunger to be accepted by the elite locals isn’t helped by her dotty mother nor her underachieving podiatrist husband Gilbert, played by Michael Palin.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep. 2024
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Spanish explorers discovered the drink in the 1500s and introduced it into European trading markets.—
Kendra Nordin Beato,
The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Feb. 2025
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The history of this place includes its proximity to Jamestown, Virginia’s first colony that European explorers settled after landing in the Chesapeake in 1607.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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Also featured: a scene in which Parsons, a gamesman who actually brought his own Connect Four board to Southern California training camp, faces backup quarterback Ben DiNucci in a chess match.—
Jori Epstein,
USA TODAY,
18 Aug. 2021
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Friedlander’s style of photography is usually cool, winking, and gamesman-like, but his pictures of his wife thrum with gentle affection.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
17 Dec. 2019
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Therme Dubai - Islands in the Sky is one of a string of major architecture projects opening in the city in the coming years that will be of interest to travelers.—
Karla Cripps,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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If driving is unavoidable, travelers should inform someone of their plans and check weather reports regularly.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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The modern health insurer is regarded as either a knave or a pawn and is seldom regarded as a knight.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Human beings are motivated by virtue (knights) or rigid self-interest (knaves), or are passive victims of their circumstances (pawns).—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Visual effects, animation and gaming pioneer Alberto Menache received the Ub Iwerks Award for technical achievement.—
Terry Flores,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2025
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Manifest destiny plays its part, too, as the struggle between enterprising pioneers and tragic, courageous native tribes ignites nostalgia, at least in some, for a time when Americans were unapologetic conquerors.—
Michael M. Rosen,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Feb. 2025
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And, of course, look for those with an axe to grind—from extremist groups to rogue states and struggling superpowers—to capitalize on the global lack of leadership to make gains.—
Maha Hosain Aziz,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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The plan would also initiate the creation of an Economic Security Cooperation Board, a new institution with membership open to all countries except rogue states such as Iran, North Korea, Russia, and of course China.—
Eyck Freymann,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Jan. 2025
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