as in archer
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Recent Examples of crossbowman
Then Aemon dies accidentally when a Myrish crossbowman shoots him by accident on Tarth, then Jaehaerys has to decide who becomes the new heir.
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Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2022
Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossbowman
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Olympic archers miss the center ring at a similar rate.David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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The elves’ archers do a pretty good job of taking some out, but the orcs have numbers on their side — and a really nasty-looking siege engine.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2024
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Who is Daniel Penny? Penny, a former Marine sergeant, served as a rifleman to Camp Lejeune from 2017 to 2021.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Averin Valeriy Vasilievich, a 52-year-old rifleman with the 153rd Tank Regiment, took the kettle and left the trench to fetch water.David Axe, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Cassel says taking on the musketeer role ticked his box of working on productions that break with norms, even if the film is an adaptation of the French classic by Alexandre Dumas.Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
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The exhibition investigates these influences through the lens of four themes that Picasso returned to throughout his artistic career: the hero, the Minotaur, the voyeur and the musketeer.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Tim Walz enlisted as an artilleryman in the Nebraska Army National Guard in 1981, the day after his 17th birthday.The Editors, National Review, 8 Aug. 2024
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The sky blazed as North Vietnamese artillerymen vainly shot at the American bombers.Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
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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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Adewale served as a field-artillery cannoneer with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division.San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
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The idea behind them is that these brightly-burning rounds are loaded into the ammo feed at intervals of four-to-one with the more lethal ones so that the gunner can see where the spray of shot is flying.David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2024
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The Ukrainians to their credit shrugged off Russia’s apparent artillery superiority in Kursk, correctly surmising that befuddled gunners are useless gunners.David Axe, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
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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
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“Crossbowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossbowman. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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