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Recent Examples of stringer
The man in his 50s was discovered inside his white Toyota sedan in a parking structure along Century Boulevard near LAX, according to footage broadcast by RMG News, a stringer news service.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
With Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, the Commanders (5-12) started Johnson, their 39-year-old third-stringer.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
And now San Francisco is likely down its two starting linebackers (one of which is already a second-stringer), on top of all the team’s other season-defining injuries.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Eagles clinched the NFC East two weeks ago with a 29-18 win over the Commanders — who, with Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, will start 39-year-old third-stringer Josh Johnson.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
With Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, the Commanders (5-12) started Johnson, their 39-year-old third-stringer.
—CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
And now San Francisco is likely down its two starting linebackers (one of which is already a second-stringer), on top of all the team’s other season-defining injuries.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2026
The Eagles clinched the NFC East two weeks ago with a 29-18 win over the Commanders — who, with Jayden Daniels shut down and Marcus Mariota dealing with a leg injury, will start 39-year-old third-stringer Josh Johnson.
—Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stringer
Noun
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Donna Vickroy is an award-winning reporter, editor and columnist who worked for the Daily Southtown for 38 years.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Kenny Jacoby is an investigative reporter for USA TODAY who uncovers issues in sports, higher education and law enforcement.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Romano points out that, when Lincoln emerged as a dark horse in the 1860 Presidential race, journalists covering the election sometimes found Mary more impressive than her spouse.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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After 28 years at FOX News Channel, Cavuto, a business journalist at the network, decided to leave.—
Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
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Twenty-four years ago, Arizona photojournalist Gilbert Zermeño, who contracted hantavirus after losing both his mother and sister to the illness, says news of the recent outbreak has been hard to process.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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Tentatively, perhaps dorkily, photojournalist Mindy Schauer and I strolled into the first vape shop with a question.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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As sportswriter Raymond Barone, Romano kept the laughs coming through interactions with his overbearing parents and put-upon wife Debra.—
Kate Hogan,
PEOPLE,
16 May 2026
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Richard Dunn, a longtime sportswriter, writes the Dunn Deal column regularly for The Orange County Register’s weekly, The Coastal Current North.—
Richard Dunn,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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The minister added that police had recently stopped an attack against a staffer of another presidential candidate, Paloma Valencia, in the same city.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
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The new map, crafted by a staffer in DeSantis’ office, cuts Democratic seats in Florida by half and favors the GOP to win 24 out of Florida’s 28 seats.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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Corporate treasury departments and B2B payment processors are adopting stablecoins to bypass correspondent banking delays.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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The film will revisit one of the most intense and complex chapters in Spanish history and Pérez-Reverte, who is known for his experience as a war correspondent, is revered in Spain as being one of the most influential voices in contemporary Spanish literature and journalism.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Veteran newsman Don Lemon won a 2026 Webby Award for The Don Lemon Show and my interview with him was so gripping about the responsibility of journalism that the whole thing needs to be read.—
Joshua Dudley,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Fifty years ago audiences were riveted by that thriller that focused on two relentless newsmen, played by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, who were digging into the seedy mysteries of the Watergate scandal.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
7 May 2026
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One spring day, Tan’s critical gaze landed on the work of freelance journalist Gil Duran, a tech-industry muckraker with a background in Democratic politics who was starting to take very seriously the right-wing political ambitions of San Francisco tech moguls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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