adventurer

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Recent Examples of adventurer The Federal Aviation Administration has also given out commercial astronaut wings to private-sector adventurers who reached higher than 81 kilometers (50 miles). Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025 The dog is not only a loyal companion, but also a vigilant protector and seasoned adventurer who can keep pace with horses. David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025 Joining Wang for the voyage was Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, German robotics researcher Rabea Rogge and Australian adventurer Eric Philips. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 While weekends tend to draw flocks of out-of-town adventurers, the quieter rhythm of weekdays brings out a different side of this coastal gem. Cliff Lewis, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for adventurer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adventurer
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • There actually is something at stake for these women, which frees them up for a desperate kind of humor, in the vein of those plucky social climbers in a screwball comedy from an earlier era.
    Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • From the dynastic Dupree family to the conniving social climbers bent on usurping their place at the top of the social hierarchy, the historic new daytime drama is all about its characters.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Related article These ocean explorers have seen the damage done by industrial fishing.
    Nell Lewis, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
  • Longevity researcher shares secrets of the world’s ‘blue zones’ Dan Buettner, an American author, explorer and longevity researcher who first coined the term 'blue zone,' embarked on a mission to find out how people are living to 100 in certain parts of the world.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • High-end appliances, spa-like bathrooms, large closets, and luxurious bedding offers the modern comforts all travelers desire.
    Shannon Sharpe, Architectural Digest, 14 May 2025
  • In most places where English is not the first language, English-speaking travelers might struggle when trying to communicate with locals, which can lead to friction.
    Rocky Sharma, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • And Dana Walden was sort of a pioneer both at Fox’s studio and then at the network of things that were edgy.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 2 May 2025
  • Since 1997, Powertec has been a pioneer in innovative home and commercial strength equipment, bringing the gym experience into clients’ homes and facilities.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Noun
  • Harry goes searching for Seraphina and Brendan, who've gone rogue.
    Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
  • Those questions lead this rogue’s gallery of characters — whose frequent disagreements supply much of film’s clever humor — to join up with an audience favorite, the bearish Red Guardian (David Harbour, chewing up the part like a pro).
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025

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