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Recent Examples of cavalryman
The mug in question is that of Jean Gabin, who plays a cavalryman named Lucien Bourrache.
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of [Confederate Gen. J.E.B.] Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2023
Curators from the museum had told the F.B.I. that the cavalryman was worth $4.5 million, and an expert witness called by the prosecution said that its thumb was worth about $150,000, Artnet News reported.
—Mike Ives, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
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Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of [Confederate Gen. J.E.B.] Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
The bodies of the two Delaware cavalrymen were taken home as was one of Stuart’s men, but Confederate Lt. John Murray’s body was never returned.
—Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2023
Curators from the museum had told the F.B.I. that the cavalryman was worth $4.5 million, and an expert witness called by the prosecution said that its thumb was worth about $150,000, Artnet News reported.
—Mike Ives, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cavalryman
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At the Battle of White Plains on October 28, 1776, General George Washington’s soldiers were forced to retreat following an attack from a small contingent of British dragoons.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 July 2025
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Burgoyne returned to duty as an aging dragoon captain, just in time to win fame at the cannon's mouth in the Seven Years' War, notably in Normandy and Brittany against the French, and on the Tagus River near Lisbon against the Spanish.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
13 June 2025
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What may have been a Roman soldier's monthly paycheck has emerged from under the ground, officials announced this month.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 July 2025
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An action-adventure flick directed by J.C. Chandor for Netflix, Triple Frontier follows a group of former special-ops soldiers who — feeling financially undervalued for their years spent in military service — decide to get what's rightfully theirs by robbing a drug lord.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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Retes was an infantryman in the Army deployed to Iraq in 2019.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 July 2025
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The offensive would require more than a hundred thousand British infantrymen, and every soldier seemed at least dimly aware of what lay in store.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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The event kicked off with an opening dance, before the debutantes lined up for a waltz with their fathers, who were then passed onto their cavaliers for dancing with a live band.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
1 Dec. 2024
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Opal is described as a 5-pound red/brown cavapoo — a mix of a King Charles cavalier and a poodle.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
9 July 2024
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By the time Dragon Ball Super rolls around, Goku is fighting cosmic gods in his quest to save the world and become the strongest warrior in existence.—
Chris Snellgrove,
EW.com,
29 July 2025
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The party’s antitrust warriors may be marginalized, but there’s one space where personnel really has become policy: AI and crypto regulation.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
28 July 2025
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Abbott is also seeking $3.62 billion to defray costs for the National Guard deployment and $2.25 billion for the cost of keeping DPS troopers at the border.—
John C. Moritz,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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In surveys of members conducted with more than 75% participation, more than 90% of command officers and 98% of troopers expressed non-confidence in Grady and his controversial choice as the MSP's chief deputy director, Lt. Col. Aimee Brimacombe, the unions announced in June.—
Paul Egan,
Freep.com,
29 July 2025
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And during World War II, servicewomen were issued a tube of Elizabeth Arden’s Montezuma Red in their military kits.—
Emily Listfield,
Harper's BAZAAR,
13 Apr. 2023
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During the exchange Ukraine returned home a dog named Adik that Russian troops took away from its owner – a Ukrainian servicewoman from Mariupol – after she was captured.—
Katya Soldak,
Forbes,
2 Jan. 2023
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She’s rescued by a detachment of American doughboys, led by the aforementioned Pvt.—
Ben H. Winters,
New York Times,
26 July 2025
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In this massive operation, however, Allied commanders became uncertain of the location of the doughboys of the Lost Battalion, who soon fell under attack from both enemy German artillery, as well as friendly fire from the Americans.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Nov. 2023
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“Cavalryman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cavalryman. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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