road warrior
AmericanEtymology
Origin of road warrior
Suggested by the film Mad Max: The Road Warrior (1981)
Example Sentences
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Before he took the reins at USC, Lincoln Riley had a reputation as something of a road warrior.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
And our suburban market has been growing exponentially with our contracted business, which includes the corporate customers and the road warrior.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2023
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
When you first see Kyle Kinane, the gravel-voiced comic road warrior, he’s all by himself outside his van under a vast sky.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023
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 Knibbs, Henry Herbert
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