bearer
Example Sentences
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Proctor interviewed Albert, despite the fact that they had known each other for most of Albert’s life and Albert had served as ring bearer at a Proctor family wedding.
From Seattle Times
“The series is the standard bearer of the genre and ripe for its American reincarnation as we revitalize Saturday nights on CNN.”
From Los Angeles Times
Torch bearers will carry the flame across Marseille the next day, the last stretch running on the roof of the famed Stade Vélodrome, home to Marseille’s passionate soccer fans.
From Seattle Times
The American Independent Party now exists only in California, but Wallace won 46 electoral votes nationally as its standard bearer in 1968, one of the most successful third-party runs in modern history.
From Los Angeles Times
You recently were the ring bearer at Lindsay’s wedding, for which Jonathan served as the officiant.
From New York Times
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