torchbearer

Example Sentences

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That night, he pressed those ideas onto the younger torchbearers around him as if passing a relay baton.

From The Wall Street Journal

Vikings and hundreds of torchbearers have marched through the streets of Lerwick for Europe's largest fire festival.

From BBC

Wednesday's report from Nvidia -- one of the torchbearers of the AI revolution -- was therefore seen as a bellwether on the industry.

From Barron's

Twenty years ago, Grizzly Bear emerged as unlikely torchbearers of the early-aughts indie rock boom, a moment when the genre still felt like a testing ground for young adulthood.

From Los Angeles Times

There has been some immediate discontent from Scottish Labour figures over this news – that after years being their sole torchbearer at Westminster, Murray has lasted barely a year as Scottish secretary.

From BBC