messenger
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Charting an American immigrant's rise from messenger boy to corporate tycoon, it was inspired, in part, by his own financial problems and did much to solve them.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
“It was hot, but that was definitely the highlight of the trip,” said Volkoff, who left with a laptop messenger bag, a purse for his wife, and free leather keychains for his teenage daughters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Because working-class voters, as they tell us themselves, are not simply waiting to be activated by the right program, messenger or phrase.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
The nanoparticles carried messenger RNA that directs cells to produce PTEN, a protein that helps prevent uncontrolled tumor growth.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
They would assuredly have cut them to pieces if Iris, the rainbow messenger of the gods, gliding down from heaven, had not checked them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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The White House has also lost one of its most powerful messengers, after formidable Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped down, saying she wanted to devote more time to her children.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
His lab identified it years ago as one of the thousands of peptides that act as chemical messengers in the human body, one he believed might someday have therapeutic uses for humans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He's despatched messengers on horseback to free Harold who has been taken captive in France.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Beyond digestion, bile acids also serve as chemical messengers that interact with receptors throughout the body.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
To the messengers, in Algonquian, he says, “Tell Chief Powhatan we come, give things he wants.”
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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