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Recent Examples of falconer
Puryear has skills as a woodworker, a printmaker, a draftsman, and even as a falconer, but his greatest gift as an artist is his ability to keep all these things in play at once.
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Susan Tallman, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2025
The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The falcon no longer hears the falconer.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
This is a rite of passage, and a major time commitment, which many falconers don’t even attempt, choosing instead to buy birds from breeders or capture adults and release them at the end of the season.
—Nick Kelley, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
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Susan Tallman, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2025
The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
The falcon no longer hears the falconer.
—Alaa Alqaisi
august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
This is a rite of passage, and a major time commitment, which many falconers don’t even attempt, choosing instead to buy birds from breeders or capture adults and release them at the end of the season.
—Nick Kelley, Outdoor Life, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for falconer
Noun
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For the city’s growing community of urban birders — the kind who keep eBird checklists updated and binoculars within arm’s reach — this is the sort of milestone that doesn’t come around twice.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2026
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Since last spring, on gray days, Staller has been prowling the perimeter of the Gateway tunnel site, by the West Side rail yards, with his giant telephoto lens, like a birder who has lost his way.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Fowlers have three children — including a son and daughter who are also Chapman alumni — 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and divide their time between residences on the East and West Coasts.—
Orange County Register,
Orange County Register,
28 Mar. 2017
Noun
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The nighttime steppe is an army of archers aiming their electric black arrows directly at you.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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The film’s narrative kicks into gear when the legendary sun-shooting archer vanishes during a mission to rescue the dying sun, prompting Chang Er to embark on a perilous journey to the moon’s dark side alongside an earthbound bandit who crash-lands into her world.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The patio at Murphy’s grew fuller by the minute and an hour or so later, the Wrigley ball hawkers — a dwindling group of fans who gather along Waveland Avenue to catch home run balls launched well over the left field fence — were starting to take their positions.—
Andrew Carter,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With traces of the trap titans that paved the way, Kushington’s motivational raps filled his trapper-friendly The Streets Is Yours debut project, which arrived last March.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
27 Mar. 2026
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Even though trapping itself isn’t painful to the animal, some anti-trappers and hunters are uncomfortable with the idea of an animal being captive, or experiencing fear when the trapper arrives to check the trap.—
Skye Goode,
Outdoor Life,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Falconer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/falconer. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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