bearer
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As they entered, the team's baton bearer handed the baton to one of three gardeners on stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 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
Intel’s foundry business, which is aiming to attract external customers for its chip manufacturing, has also been a bearer of seemingly good news for investors.
From MarketWatch ● May 12, 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
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
Cameras were supposed to be bearers of truth and armor against lies, vehicles of justice and agents of change.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
Yesterday’s countesses lacked those freedoms and were bound to serve as propriety’s standard bearers.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2025
Chan K’awiil was carried by bearers into the fray in the guise of the god Ik' Sip, a deity with a black-painted face.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
