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Recent Examples of gaffer
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Maurice Leiter denied efforts by Baldwin and other producers to dismiss the lawsuit brought by gaffer — or chief electrician — Serge Svetnoy.
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Steff Danielle Thomas,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2026
Svetnoy, the film's gaffer, spent the next 20 to 30 minutes rendering aid to Hutchins after realizing the cinematographer had been shot.
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Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Baldwin had asked the court to fully dismiss the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy.
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Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
The suit was filed by Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the New Mexico set, who is claiming emotional distress due to negligence.
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Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Steff Danielle Thomas,
The Hill,
18 Apr. 2026
Svetnoy, the film's gaffer, spent the next 20 to 30 minutes rendering aid to Hutchins after realizing the cinematographer had been shot.
—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
17 Apr. 2026
Baldwin had asked the court to fully dismiss the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy.
—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
The suit was filed by Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the New Mexico set, who is claiming emotional distress due to negligence.
—
Gillian Telling,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaffer
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The sitcom, which debuted in 1987, starred the late Bob Saget as patriarch Danny Tanner, a widower raising his three daughters with the help of his brother-in-law Jesse (John Stamos) and his best friend, Joey (Dave Coulier).
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Christie’s catalogue describes it as an exceptionally rare treatment of a pivotal political moment, when Mehmed sought to consolidate his rule over the former Byzantine capital by installing Gennadius as patriarch of the Orthodox Church.
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Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
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Offers three-credit-bureau monitoring, VPN, dark web monitoring, password manager, email aliases and instant credit lock.
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Sixteen years into the experiment, Twitter is a graybeard by internet years and by corporate standards.
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Joe Thornton, the Bruins' No. 1 draft pick in 1997, is now an NHL graybeard.
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Dodgers skipper Don Mattingly then challenged the call at the plate, but that call stood after another wait of 1 minute, 34 seconds.
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The Mets dismissed manager Buck Showalter with one year left on his contract to accommodate Stearns, allowing the executive to select his own skipper.
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Designed with the needs of senior dogs in mind, this recipe helps keep beloved old-timers going strong.
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Cap Conover was an old-timer, having come from Wisconsin 20 years before to settle into a life of trapping on the river.
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All the spending on the national events angers one supervisor at a Florida airport.
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For this story, a Yolo County spokesperson agreed to an interview with CBS News Sacramento on the grand jury's findings and the board of supervisors' response.
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Enough with the oldsters, what about those kids?
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With each passing day, its oldster cast — including Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis — is closer to the grave.
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Steven Boyd, a union steward for SEIU Local 1000, said that agencies are relying on exemptions, delays, rotations and workarounds to make the mandate appear functional.
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Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
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“Gaffer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaffer. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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