ranger

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Recent Examples of ranger Mzimba was a South African ranger who was murdered by wildlife traffickers in 2022 after dedicating his working life to protecting Africa’s wild animals. Simon Perry, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024 Sok, a ranger patrolling the dense forests as part of the Southern Cardamom REDD+ Project, has witnessed firsthand the transformation brought by the project. Suwanna Gauntlett, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024 Outdoors received grant funding from Colorado Tourism to hand out 3,500 PACT Lite kits at trailheads, ranger stations, and visitors centers across the state. Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024 Cutting is not permitted in the Clear Creek or Boulder ranger districts. John Meyer, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ranger 
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Noun
  • From academy footballers to rejection, reflection, the marines… and The Athletic Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr pregnancy: What are WSL's rules on maternity and parental leave?
    New York Times, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Each year, millions of tons of waste harm marine ecosystems.
    Matthew Emma, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • While raiders still rampaged, the Tonkawa more than doubled the number of the city's defenders.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
  • More than 800 years ago, raiders threw a dead body into a well outside a Norwegian castle.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • These are not necessarily easy shot opportunities, so rifle setups need to be accurate and the rifleman needs to posess real skills.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The young couple were separated by WWII in 1943, when Bennett fought as an Army rifleman in battles in Normandy, northern France and the Rhineland, according to his military records.
    Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Israeli commando units have captured high-value assets in Lebanon and Syria.
    Shalom Lipner, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Special operations forces in surveys done in 2015 and more recently, said women did not have the physical or mental strength to serve in elite commando units and doing so could hurt the units’ effectiveness and lower the standards.
    Lolita C. Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024

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

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