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Recent Examples of banker
David had to pick who would go home and who would face the banker.
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Mark Carney, a former central banker, won his Liberal Party’s election in a landslide Sunday and will replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday as the country deals with U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and annexation threats, and a federal election looms.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Mark Carney stepped into the international spotlight Sunday when Canada's ruling Liberal party chose the former central banker to succeed Justin Trudeau as the country's next prime minister.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
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Laura Bradley, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2025
Mark Carney, a former central banker, won his Liberal Party’s election in a landslide Sunday and will replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday as the country deals with U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war and annexation threats, and a federal election looms.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Mark Carney stepped into the international spotlight Sunday when Canada's ruling Liberal party chose the former central banker to succeed Justin Trudeau as the country's next prime minister.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for banker
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This is how an institution fractures, a culture declines, and Hollywood’s love for hookers and thieves degrades itself.—
Armond White,
National Review,
5 Mar. 2025
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Really nice hookers like Lucia get life-altering windfalls.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
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In 1855, the desk was recovered by an American whaler and Congress appropriated funding to refit the ship that the desk was on to England, as a gift to Queen Victoria.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The novel was inspired by both his experience as a whaler and the Essex tragedy.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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The settlement, reached over the weekend, marks the conclusion of a legal labyrinth that began in 2006 when taxi driver Jonathan Nnebe sued the TLC for summarily suspending his license following an arrest.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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The hit sitcom, which ran from 1978 to 1982, focused on a group of taxi drivers working for the fictional Sunshine Cab Company.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Fight started with an Alabama shrimper who was denied benefits during COVID Derek Bateman, an independent shrimper in Alabama, spent months trying to appeal after being denied benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Using dip nets, recreational shrimpers can quickly scoop up the daily limit of five gallons of shrimp with the heads on.—
Steve Waters,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2025
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Maritime Museum of San Diego seeks volunteers The nonprofit Maritime Museum of San Diego starts the next Docent Volunteer Training Program for newcomers Jan. 21 at the museum on the upper deck of the ferryboat Berkeley.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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For example, when over 1,000 people died in a ferryboat accident in the Red Sea in 2006, critics accused the military of failing to deploy quickly enough to rescue them.—
Jeff Martini,
Foreign Affairs,
1 Sep. 2011
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In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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On July 20, 1775, Major Joseph Vose and sixty Continental soldiers landed on Little Brewster in nimble whaleboats.—
Dorothy Wickenden,
The New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2023
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Take a gondola ferry A standard gondola ride costs €90 for 30 minutes during the day or €110 at night, but there’s a money-saving hack that the locals use.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
AFAR Media,
13 Mar. 2025
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Venice, with its winding canals, centuries-old architecture, and romantic gondola rides, has long been hailed as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2025
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This tiny neighboring island is a short ferry ride from Grand Turk and home to clean beaches and remnants of the region’s salt-producing past.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
AFAR Media,
10 Mar. 2025
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Petite Martinique can only be reached via boat from Carriacou—the quick 30-minute ferry ride is offered once or twice a day on weekdays.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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“Banker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banker. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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