New Zealander
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The New Zealander, who starred as Dr Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park", revealed in a 2023 memoir he was "possibly dying" with stage-three non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
But Everest, first scaled in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, was a far more formidable and dangerous beast.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
McCullum has regularly been asked about his future, and after England's loss in the World Cup semi-finals the New Zealander said he wants to continue.
From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026
Right now, it feels as though the New Zealander has found more stable ground in reaching the semi-finals, but few are speaking with conviction.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
A merchant marine officer named Frank Worsley, a part-Maori New Zealander who had been a sailor since the age of sixteen, was to captain the ship.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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