stringer
Example Sentences
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She started her career as a stringer for the Chicago Tribune, covering local government in the city’s northern suburbs during the 2009 recession.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
Video from the stringer service OnScene.TV shows a stalled pickup truck on the shoulder of the freeway with a gaping hole in the windshield.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
As a high school junior, he signed on as a stringer, feeding varsity wrestling and hockey results to the paper’s sports department.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2024
The findings by the Pentagon's inspector general said US officials in Washington DC and Europe had failed to properly account for thousands of weapons, including stringer launchers and air defence missiles.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2024
Besides working at the foundry, he was a young stringer for the Atlanta Constitution Tri-Weekly.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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