gallowglass

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Noun
  • By drawing on American folk tales and Southern Gothic literature, the action-adventure video game South of Midnight stands apart in a field crowded with Vikings, spartans, samurai, knights and sorcerers.
    Justin Porter, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Characters appeared to be sitting on air at one point in a movie about the misadventures of knights.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Good thing the gendarmes were so generous.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The resulting bloodshed brings the pair of goofy gendarmes into bewildered action, as the Zero cavalry trots in on short-legged white horses and Jony, Line, Rudy, and the local One leader, Jane (Anamaria Vartolomei), deploy on their respective sides.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The simmering frustration is a potential issue for a military that relies heavily on reservists in wartime.
    Eugenia Yosef, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Tens of thousands of military reservists have already served hundreds of days each during the war, which has taken a heavy toll on their careers and families.
    Amos Harel, Foreign Affairs, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Lexie Arthur, 2026, SS Arthur, an uncommitted recruit, is hitting .426 with 26 hits and 29 runs through April 7.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The former four-star recruit imposes his will in the run game and doesn’t take kindly to defenders who try to bull-rush his pocket.
    Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Having earmarked record amounts of government expenditure on the military, Putin's commitment to expanding his armed forces was signaled by Tuesday's announcement of the Russia's highest number of conscripts since 2011—160,000.
    Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Putin on Monday ordered a regular biannual call-up intended to draft 160,000 conscripts for a one-year tour of compulsory military service.
    THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The National Symphony Orchestra is planning warhorses by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich and world premieres by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center’s composer in residence; Valerie Coleman; and others.
    Javier C. Hernández, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
  • All three warhorses will be first-ballot Hall of Famers.
    Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony honoring the members of the 2024 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the East Room at the White House.
    Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Arsenal took a 3-0 lead in their first match last Tuesday and will look to capitalize by knocking the reigning champions out.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Gallowglass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallowglass. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.

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