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as in smugglers
a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally
a drug runner
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as in messengers
one that carries a message or does an errand
sent a runner to tell them that all was ready for the feast
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Recent Examples of runners
The multi-hyphenate’s collaboration with Rugs USA just landed at Target, featuring dozens of area rugs and runners to suit every space—and many of them are discounted right now.
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Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Add your favorite plaid pattern to your home through runners, rugs, blankets, and pillows.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
The runners will be listed by post position with trainer, jockey, and morning line provided.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
With a pair of runners on and two outs in the eighth inning, Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger hit a fly ball to left, which Martin tracked down, snagging the ball just before the upper half of his body fell over the low side wall.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Human runners gathered around to take photos as operators guided it toward the awards area.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Take the thoughtful curation of the clothing on offer, which should appeal to both fashion guys and runners.
—William Goodman, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
Neither has the size or power of Barnes, but both are explosive options as runners and receivers.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Just as runners do yoga to improve their running, training unrelated attention skills makes your main goals easier to achieve.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Add your favorite plaid pattern to your home through runners, rugs, blankets, and pillows.
—Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
The runners will be listed by post position with trainer, jockey, and morning line provided.
—Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
With a pair of runners on and two outs in the eighth inning, Yankees left fielder Cody Bellinger hit a fly ball to left, which Martin tracked down, snagging the ball just before the upper half of his body fell over the low side wall.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 16 Sep. 2025
Human runners gathered around to take photos as operators guided it toward the awards area.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Take the thoughtful curation of the clothing on offer, which should appeal to both fashion guys and runners.
—William Goodman, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2025
Neither has the size or power of Barnes, but both are explosive options as runners and receivers.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Just as runners do yoga to improve their running, training unrelated attention skills makes your main goals easier to achieve.
—Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for runners
Noun
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In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.—
Christina Hall,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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In this case, the smugglers are accused of providing false information to the freight forwarder, causing false manifests with Customs and Border Protection.—
Christina Hall,
Freep.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of the most important messengers.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Sep. 2025
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All three voter blocs strongly favored Mayor Scott’s message and policies over the approach, by both GOP and Democratic politicians, that focused only on police as messengers and policing as a response to concerns about crime.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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In order to embolden and support his organization, bin Laden often videotaped himself with messages aimed at his target audience, established training centers in Afghanistan, had an expansive funding network that included wealthy individuals, couriers, mosques and other complex ways to raise funds.—
Richard Frankel,
ABC News,
11 Sep. 2025
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The co-conspirator would later coordinate the transfer of the victim’s money to other participants in the scheme who act as couriers.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Runners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/runners. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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