ringer
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He has an 8 handicap in golf and can drive a ball 300 yards from the tee, so if you need a ringer for a charity tournament, Goroyan will play the role.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Roberts said even her mum agreed with people on TikTok that she was a dead ringer for Burnham, with her partner Iona calling her Mandy.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Paul Revere was a bell ringer in Boston, where church bells were tolled to signal fires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
"It was really fun for us to put them through the ringer and to basically have them look at each other and say: 'Are these differences too much for our partnership to succeed?'"
From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025
The truth is, there’s a scene in the movie when Drew Barrymore dresses E.T. in a blond wig: and that was a ringer for Auggie in our Miley Cyrus heyday.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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