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as in boyfriend
a man who courts a woman usually with the goal of marrying her
my sister finally married her suitor of six years on Sunday
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as in solicitor
one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift
the inventor had several suitors for his patent, but he wasn't interested in dealing with a big company
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Recent Examples of suitor
How exactly that works out will be determined by the flexibility given from those big contract players and their representation groups, as well as any other options that will have to be resorted to such as potential trade suitors or being released from the team altogether.
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025
His wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, struggle to maintain order back home, where a handful of suitors compete for Penelope's affection, under the assumption that Odysseus is dead.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Despite that, Santander has several potential suitors in the American League East.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Watkins is 28 and does not have many years of resale value left, while Duran retains strong suitors, despite signing a long-term deal in October.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2025
His wife, Penelope, and their son, Telemachus, struggle to maintain order back home, where a handful of suitors compete for Penelope's affection, under the assumption that Odysseus is dead.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Despite that, Santander has several potential suitors in the American League East.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
Watkins is 28 and does not have many years of resale value left, while Duran retains strong suitors, despite signing a long-term deal in October.
—Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, up in the stands, Taylor Swift was watching that Fritz-Sinner match with her NFL-star boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes, who’d turned up camera-ready in, respectively, Gucci and Prada.Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
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The mom of two didn't walk the red carpet but was seen with her boyfriend during Nikki Glaser's opening monologue, giggling at a couple of jokes about Chalamet.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Property owners can legally place signs on their premises to prohibit unwanted visitors, including solicitors, canvassers and other uninvited guests.Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
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The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.Jason Bailey, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Imagine a blend of a Las Vegas-style sportsbook, the energy of a sports bar and the design aesthetic of a cocktail lounge — that’s the vibe behind a new concept for sports lovers in South End soon.Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
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And for those travelers, the Italian capital city is an especially exciting destination — all roads lead to Rome, especially for food lovers.Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 14 Jan. 2025
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The beggars, widows, and families with sick relatives who once made a pilgrimage to the gates of the parliament building in the Green Zone to beg lawmakers for help are now barred from entry.Ned Parker, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2012
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All the beggars at the intersection of Lee Road and the off-ramp of I-4 are completely out of hand.Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2024
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Judge Rhonda Lanford, who heard Wednesday’s arguments, asked the petitioners to submit briefs summarizing their arguments by 8 November.ByMeredith Wadman, science.org, 28 Oct. 2024
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The organization represents petitioners in both cases.Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 3 Oct. 2024
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Here was an earnest man who wanted to protect the solemnity of the subject, fans felt.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Neil Young, famously a man who wants to live and give, has offered his own form of a Letterboxd review for A Complete Unknown on his archives website.Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2025
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And as happens with the testimonies of the suppliants at the Asclepieion, the stelae ferry the feelings and names of these distant others across the ages to us.Teju Cole, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
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Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021
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The literary genius from Jackson, Mississippi, detailed the dream in a 1941 letter to her agent, friend, and fellow gardener, Diarmuid Russell, which was collected in Julia Eichelberger’s Tell About Night Flowers: Eudora Welty’s Gardening Letters, 1940-1949.Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 9 Jan. 2025
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Lloyd Billingsley is a policy fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland.K. Lloyd Billingsley, Orange County Register, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Suitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suitor. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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