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Recent Examples of left-winger
Rookie left-winger Aydar Suniev had an assist for his first NHL point.
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ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
The writing has been on the wall for a Panarin deal, with the Rangers struggling at 22-28-6 this season and the veteran left-winger having just one year left on his contract.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Instead, Howe went for raw pace, fielding Gordon as a false nine, with Barnes as a roaming left-winger who regularly cut inside, and Anthony Elanga down the right.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026
The writing has been on the wall for a Panarin deal, with the Rangers struggling at 22-28-6 this season and the veteran left-winger having just one year left on his contract.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Instead, Howe went for raw pace, fielding Gordon as a false nine, with Barnes as a roaming left-winger who regularly cut inside, and Anthony Elanga down the right.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for left-winger
Noun
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Jeremy Corbyn, the septuagenarian British leftist, who had already arrived in Havana by plane, met with high-ranking Communist Party officials in the presidential palace.—
Gisela Salim-Peyer,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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Melton’s Austin starts as a baby leftist crying over a dead bee, then becomes torn between the authentic Korean cultural education Chairwoman Park claims to offer him and the increasingly ambitious Ashley, who wants to leverage Austin’s heritage for her own personal gain.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The bromide has it that a liberal is a person who won’t take his own side in an argument.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Her efforts to come to terms with polyamory are couched as a political project—part of being an open-minded liberal—as much as a romantic one.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Then Cash made another surprising move by leaving Vilade in to hit against Gaddis rather than pinch-hitting lefty Jake Fraley, and that also paid off when Vilade delivered an RBI single up the middle.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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The veteran lefty will make at least two more rehab starts, with his next coming on Thursday.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Left-winger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/left-winger. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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