bearer
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During the numerous interviews she conducted after the race, Finucane was told in one by Team Wales chef de mission Gethin Jones she would be the flag bearer.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Wimbledon’s No. 1 Court will feature a showdown between U.S. standard bearer Jessica Pegula and American rising star Iva Jovic in the round of 16.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Before “Interview with the Vampire” and “The Vampire Lestat,” Hammer Film Productions’ gothic horror movies made “Dracula” their standard bearer.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
When the couple married a year later, which included a civil ceremony at OpenAI with a robotic hand ring bearer, Amodei presented Brockman with a $100 check.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Clay stared at him for a moment, then said, rather vividly, as if he were the bearer of exceptionally good news, “I wrote Loretta you had a nervous breakdown.”
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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During the celebration, a large papier mache mackerel is carried by bearers through the town over to the yacht club, before it is blessed and then burned at sunset.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
In 2009, Ariane became her husband’s No. 2 at the Swiss bank, to the alarm of some culture bearers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
LHC also launched its Abuelas Project in 2021— which pays homage to grandmothers, often the culture bearers in Latino families — to help fill gaps in folk knowledge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
Nevertheless, such a meeting will be meaningful: an American president shaking hands with an American pope, two bearers of globe-altering power, their origins separated only by the distance from New York to Chicago.
From Slate ● May 9, 2025
Their captains led them on armored warhorses, standard- bearers riding alongside with their banners.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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