Thesaurus results for COURIERS

couriers

noun

plural of courier

as in smugglers

a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally under wartime rationing, the only way to obtain some foods was from a courier

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one that carries a message or does an errand a courier just delivered a package for you

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Recent Examples of couriers In the 1990s, Nigerian rings often trafficked drugs from Southeast Asia to Chicago via couriers, according to the Justice Department. — Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Founded by Hasan Abasi in the Arab-majority town of Umm al-Fahm in Israel, Haat now offers its services across 50 cities, working with more than 10,000 restaurants and markets, and employing more than 500 couriers. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 To restaurants, the offer is new customers, more orders, e-commerce tools, and delivery without the staff (though some apps offer to let restaurants use their own couriers). — Longreads, 15 Sep. 2026 But even larger quantities went unseized as agents in Albuquerque stood by and watched as drug couriers entered hotels with backpacks believed to be carrying as many as 100,000 fentanyl pills. — Joshua Goodman, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 And like the milkman, good-looking couriers delivering the coveted cooling relief became a source of jealousy for insecure husbands. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026 Official couriers carrying an imperial passport could exchange horses rapidly, allowing messages and travelers to move across the empire with remarkable speed. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026 According to Maria Palladini, former special agent for the Fish and Wildlife Service, Molt had a habit of taking couriers and dealers under his wing only to betray them. — Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 According to Liu, the logistics provider had signed contracts with about 120 schools in China to retrain its army of couriers for new work such as repairing and maintaining robots. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 June 2026

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Often, smugglers are only engaged in the industry out of financial necessity or coercion.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 15 Oct. 2026
One roofer paid smugglers $15,000, was deported or left three times, and paid $5,000 each return.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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The medications work by blocking certain chemical messengers in the part of the brain that regulates body temperature and manages sleep/wake cycles, according to the guidance.

— Shannon Firth, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026
According to the brand, the cream’s proprietary N|A3 technology limits the amount of stress cortisol in the skin while boosting its chemical well-being messengers.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

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