bearer
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The Carmarthen star has also been chosen to be the Team Wales flag bearer for the closing ceremony tonight.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 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
There was a drummer boy banging away in front, and a standard bearer, and then a couple of officers on horseback, and then the marching men.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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But since the rings select their bearers by asking whether they’re afraid during an ambush designed to create dread, the test favors those for whom life never presents anything to fear.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
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
On Tenth Street, Dr. Leale ordered Lincoln’s bearers to head straight for the man with the candle standing at the top of the stairs at the Petersen house.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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