taker
Example Sentences
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You never actually give the hostage taker his airplane, and Americans know that best of all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Replacing Messi as Argentina's designated penalty taker is far easier in theory than in practice.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
If you like AI, IPOs and you’re a risk taker, you can own OpenAI and Anthropic before they go public.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
It is often why you see a lot of the pushing and shoving taking place just before a corner taker delivers the ball into the box.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
The ticket taker would like to say he himself was a hero, but he didn’t do much of anything beyond survive.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
