as in runner
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
during Prohibition, smugglers of alcohol did a brisk business
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Recent Examples of smuggler
But its use has surged in the last two years since SpaceX’s billionaire founder Elon Musk turned on the service, an act that encouraged smugglers to sneak terminals into Iran.
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Investigators were only able to locate the stash house—a property used by smugglers to house immigrants—because two other victims had escaped.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Five unnamed chip smugglers told The Information that they were not caught by Supermicro’s recent inspections.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
The smugglers would move migrants on foot, inside microbuses, cattle trucks and tractor trailers, the indictment said.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Investigators were only able to locate the stash house—a property used by smugglers to house immigrants—because two other victims had escaped.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Five unnamed chip smugglers told The Information that they were not caught by Supermicro’s recent inspections.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2024
The smugglers would move migrants on foot, inside microbuses, cattle trucks and tractor trailers, the indictment said.
—Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
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Prior to the 2023 season, Major League Baseball announced a spate of rules designed to make stealing bases easier — instituting penalties for pitchers who take too much time between pitches, and fail to pick off a runner within three attempts.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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As a runner, his value in the red zone was clear as day.Derrik Klassen, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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Immigrants use the couriers to ferry homemade meals and domestic-only products to them in America.Melvin Backman, Quartz, 3 Jan. 2025
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The wider transportation and warehousing sector, which also includes employees in subsectors like trucking and couriers, saw a slight increase in employees since last November, the preliminary BLS data showed.Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 2 Jan. 2025
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This episode, in which Prohibition is reinstated in Springfield and Homer becomes a bootlegger known as the Beer Baron, pursued by an Elliot Ness-type crime fighter named Rex Banner, is one such episode.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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In this modern fairy tale, McCullers creates the perfect love triangle: Miss Amelia the bootlegger, her ex-convict ex-husband, and the trickster Cousin Lymon.The Week US, theweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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The shoes in the collection include a pair of trainer sneakers, the Sunset Flat sandal and 6AM flat mule.Nick Hall, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
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Its drinks include more than 16 beers on tap and a seasonally rotating cocktail menu that includes old fashioneds, mules and sangria.Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Smuggler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smuggler. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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