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Recent Examples of bushranger
And none more, maybe, than for Ned Kelly, the Australian bushranger whose body-armored exploits have made him a muse since the dawn of cinema.
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Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
Ned gets his shot at revenge against O’Neil in a scene that plays like an unnerving castration fantasy, egged on by Harry Power (a superb Russell Crowe), the famous bushranger who takes the boy under wing.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
The drama follows the ne'er-do-well's boyhood as an accomplice to a criminal bushranger (Russell Crowe), Ned's contempt for the law when his mother (Essie Davis) is unfairly imprisoned, and his anarchic days as an adult running a rebellious gang.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
The world's first feature film, called The Story of the Kelly Gang, is an hour-plus romp about a band of outlaw Australian bushrangers.
—Simon Van Zuylen Wood, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
But the fateful Glenrowan showdown with an incoming trainload of cops doesn't go as planned, as anyone familiar with the bushranger's legend will know.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2019
Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2020
Ned gets his shot at revenge against O’Neil in a scene that plays like an unnerving castration fantasy, egged on by Harry Power (a superb Russell Crowe), the famous bushranger who takes the boy under wing.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2020
The drama follows the ne'er-do-well's boyhood as an accomplice to a criminal bushranger (Russell Crowe), Ned's contempt for the law when his mother (Essie Davis) is unfairly imprisoned, and his anarchic days as an adult running a rebellious gang.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2020
The world's first feature film, called The Story of the Kelly Gang, is an hour-plus romp about a band of outlaw Australian bushrangers.
—Simon Van Zuylen Wood, Wired, 21 Jan. 2020
But the fateful Glenrowan showdown with an incoming trainload of cops doesn't go as planned, as anyone familiar with the bushranger's legend will know.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bushranger
Noun
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Local woodsmen supply balsam branches, which are then ground, dried, and pressed into a mold—eschewing chemicals entirely in this natural and sustainable process.—
Jeanne Malle,
airmail.news,
4 Dec. 2021
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Hoping to stir up some demand, Jesper spreads the word that Mr. Klaus (J.K. Simmons), the large bearded woodsman living on the edge of town, will send a wooden toy to any child who writes him a letter.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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It is named after longtime local environmental and snowpack researcher billy barr, a reclusive mountain man who prefers spelling his name using lowercase letters.—
Morgan Tilton,
The Denver Post,
4 Feb. 2025
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The only people who can help Sara and Devin are Isaac (Taylor Kitsch), a grouchy mountain man, and Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier), a mute Shoshone girl fleeing her own violent past.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Jan. 2025
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Meet the figure skaters from US and Russia among those aboard doomed plane Figure skaters 'horrified, heartbroken' over D.C. plane crash Crash resurfaces memories of 1961 tragedy that killed US skating team Real Quick How a cave explorer's accident helped create this national park.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA TODAY,
30 Jan. 2025
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The John sections cover a much broader timeframe, hopping among a handful of his experiences as a missionary and explorer across the globe.—
Natalia Winkelman,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Bushranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bushranger. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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