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or gopher
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Recent Examples of gofer
Keep an eye out for rare species like the American kestrel, gopher tortoise, and the flatwoods salamander.
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Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
As a threatened species, gopher tortoises are called a keystone species because hundreds of other animals depend on them for their burrows.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
An act of vandalism could have a lasting effect on a pair of gopher tortoises in southwest Florida.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
After treating the divas to a lovely performance on harp, the gofer can’t resist a bit of braggadocio.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
As a threatened species, gopher tortoises are called a keystone species because hundreds of other animals depend on them for their burrows.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2025
An act of vandalism could have a lasting effect on a pair of gopher tortoises in southwest Florida.
—Rachel McRady, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
After treating the divas to a lovely performance on harp, the gofer can’t resist a bit of braggadocio.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gofer
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Now, Amy Borghesi is charged with stealing cash from school fundraisers throughout her two-year employment as an administrative assistant at Murphy Elementary School, according to school officials and court documents filed on April 15.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025
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In October, Microsoft added support for Anthropic’s Sonnet model in its GitHub Copilot assistant, and weeks later, some programmers reported that Cursor was preferable to Microsoft’s GitHub Copilot.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
17 Apr. 2025
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Having progressed from bottle washing and being a general dogsbody to a youth strength and conditioning coach, Bunce served as Southampton’s head of athletic development between 2011 and 2014, working closely with youngsters such as Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Luke Shaw.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
17 Dec. 2024
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Mercedes is everybody’s dogsbody, at home and at work.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 Sep. 2024
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Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
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Sophie Monks Kaufman is a writer, film-industry factotum and mixed bag of expressive impulses based in London.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
14 Jan. 2025
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The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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In other words, exactly the type of drudge work that corporates have outsourced for decades to offshore teams from the likes of Accenture, Cognizant and Infosys.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes,
4 Feb. 2025
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According to Britannica, 12 attendants carried two long poles on either side of the elevated seat to carry the pontiff.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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Lunsford was responding to a gas station after an attendant called 911 to report that Eze allegedly stole beer in August 2022.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Cassidy said she was surrounded by her mom, the couple's housekeeper and childhood friends during the ordeal.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Buy Now 03 of 10 'Alias Grace' by Margaret Atwood In 1840’s Toronto, scullery maid Grace Marks, 16, is accused of abetting the brutal murder of her employer and his pregnant housekeeper.—
Bailey Seybolt,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Gofer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gofer. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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