road warrior
AmericanEtymology
Origin of road warrior
Suggested by the film Mad Max: The Road Warrior (1981)
Example Sentences
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Is this really, truly the end of Black’s days as a road warrior?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
Time will tell whether football fans will embrace this new concept, or whether realignment will put a dagger into the heart of the road warrior for games that aren’t marquee matchups.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
At 52, DiFranco is not the relentless road warrior she used to be, but her mellower style is not a sign of retreat.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 16, 2022
Mr. Hawkins was more than just the consummate rockabilly road warrior.
From New York Times ● May 29, 2022
Bondsman had watched the driver rope the lean mail bags to the running-board, crank up the sturdy old road warrior of the desert, and step in beside the supervisor.
From Jim Waring of Sonora-Town Tang of Life by Henry Herbert Knibbs
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