archer

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Recent Examples of archer Here’s what to know about the armless archers taking the world by storm. Chad De Guzman, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024 The Fire sign is symbolized by the archer and governed by Jupiter — the planet of luck and expansion — which adds to the curious and exciting energy in the air. Athena Sobhan, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024 The archer is known to understand universal truths so taking a class or a hobby with friends will expand our minds. Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2024 Read Next: The Best Cameras for Filming Hunts of 2024, According to Pros The YouTube video is a remarkable recording of a giant buck being taken by an archer who stays calm under pressure and makes a perfect shot. Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for archer 
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Noun
  • He should be understood not just as a sportsman but a celebrity and an influencer.
    Rory Smith, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Another blow to Alaska sportsmen came in July 2023.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 31 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Full of inside references, the script introduces Simba’s mother, Sarabi (Tiffany Boone), as a gifted huntress, reveals baobab-dwelling Rafiki’s roots and even goes so far as to show the formation of Pride Rock.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In the first story, 19-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, only to be dragged to a treacherous magical land by a beast-like creature who demands retribution.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Many hunters have wrestled with how seriously to take the threat of CWD.
    Jim Robbin, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Then in December 2010, more than 12 years after Rutledge’s disappearance, a hunter stumbled across a human skull — but no other remains — in the woods near the Cumberland River in Nashville about 30 or 40 yards from the road, according to police.
    Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That energy doesn’t just translate on the offensive side of the ball for Shi, who is far from a one-dimensional gunner.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025
  • Nike's gunner, a middle-aged man who identifies himself as Yurii, call sign Psycho, showed NPR the shells — each as long as a human hand — chained together so they can be fed quickly into the cannon.
    Brian Mann, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Felix Sanchez Arrazola / Alamy Stock Photo Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.
    Reuters, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Related article Paris pays tribute to Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei who died after allegedly being set on fire by her boyfriend Cheptegei, who finished 44th in Paris, is the third elite sportswoman to be killed in Kenya since October 2021.
    Reuters, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Two more photos depict the pigeon’s unfortunate end—bleeding from a slit in its neck, leaving droplets of blood splattered on the falconer’s pristine thawb.
    M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
  • An outdoorsman and falconer, Kennedy sued companies and government agencies over pollution in the Hudson River and its watershed.
    Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.
    Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.
    Sharif Paget, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024

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“Archer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/archer. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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