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Noun
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Sagittarius: Jessica Huang from Fresh Off the Boat Jessica is direct and blunt, like the archer.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
11 May 2025 -
This anxiety is most common among hunters and competitive archers.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps they were rejected earlier under Ohio’s regular unemployment system and didn’t realize a new one is now available for lower-wage workers and people such as free-lancers who report income on IRS 1099 forms.—
Rich Exner,
cleveland,
4 June 2020
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The empire specializes in magic, the kingdom focuses on lancers, while the alliance touts the best archers.—
Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
26 July 2019
Noun
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Students affixed flowers to the barrels of several guardsmen’s guns.—
Kalyan Singhal,
Baltimore Sun,
5 May 2025
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The governor then shook Trump’s hand again in a nearby plane hangar before the pair addressed a group of roughly 250 guardsmen.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
29 Apr. 2025
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While rebel militiamen pinned British troops in innermost Boston, their artillery couldn’t pierce the city’s British strongholds.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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Israel launched airstrikes on Syria on Wednesday and threatened to strike government forces there if clashes persisted between pro-government fighters and militiamen from the Druse minority.—
Euan Ward,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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All districts were open to riflemen and bowmen alike.—
Ray Alt,
Outdoor Life,
27 Mar. 2025
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Shortly after, a procession of riflemen and a statue of the Virgin Mary are paraded from San Geronimo de Taos church in front of more than 1,000 onlookers.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Hessler served in the U.S. Army as a field artilleryman for six years, retiring as a staff sergeant before serving two years as a patrol officer for the Baltimore City Police, followed by a lateral transfer to Carroll in March of 2021.—
Thomas Goodwin Smith,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Nov. 2024
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During the 1930s and '40s, what was left of Indianola was turned into a major training base for thousands of artillerymen.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
19 Mar. 2024
Noun
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The president and his political musketeers are slowly dismantling the opposition.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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The president and his political musketeers are slowly dismantling the opposition.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Crew can be assigned to the deck or boarding teams, with multiple slots for cannoneers, gunners, and boarders.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
20 Feb. 2025
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Artillery is a delicate skill, with cannoneers assessing topography, air pressure and even the weather at the top of the round’s parabolic arc before taking a shot.—
Anastacia Galouchka,
Washington Post,
12 Mar. 2023
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“Pikeman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pikeman. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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