desperado

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Recent Examples of desperado The series revival, based Elmore Leonard’s novel City Primeval: High Noon in Detroit, has Givens on a collision course with Clement Mansell — aka The Oklahoma Wildman — a desperado played by Boyd Holbrook, who’s already eluded a Motor City police task force on his heels. Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 May 2023 The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who's already slipped through the fingers of Detroit's finest once and aims to do so again with the help of his formidable lawyer Carolyn Wilder (Aunjanue Ellis). Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 11 May 2023 The lore of Arizona includes everything from Native stories to supernatural occurrences to tales of desperados. Thomas France, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2023 Senior desperado is the look. James Parker, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2021 See all Example Sentences for desperado 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for desperado
Noun
  • Guided by Kudrow’s Penelope, the bandits embarked on epic adventures while evil forces were an obstacle.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The bagel at the base of her breakfast bandit has a direct connection to her youth: The dough is prepared daily at A&S Bagels in Franklin Square, N.Y., not far from the streets where Chersevani developed a taste for a bagel and schmear.
    Tim Carman, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Noun
  • Or even an appearance from Tom Holland’s Peter Parker that would mean two hours haven’t been wasted watching this forgettable origin tale of a villain who’s not really THAT bad.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Sony still had the film rights to multiple Spider-Man villains and side-characters, and thus, went to work building its own universe.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Giannis Antetokounmpo show was in full effect, as the Greek Freak put up a monster performance with 32 points and 14 rebounds.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • For a memorable sight, visit the snow monsters of Zao in northern Honshu.
    Anna Mazurek, AFAR Media, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Nothing more unlovely inhabits the Venetian lagoon, and there’s the rub: the beast is notably loyal to that neighborhood.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • How much were humans to blame for driving these beasts to extinction?
    Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Desperado.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desperado. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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