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Recent Examples of lifer
The Terps, assembled by this peppery 49-year-old basketball lifer, had not played so well so deep into March for almost a decade.
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Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
One of head coach Sean Payton’s lifers won’t be back with the Broncos in 2025.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
In the pantheon of beloved Red Sox lifers, Dwight Evans is quietly verging on Johnny Pesky territory.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
As David prepares for 2025, the Bucs lifer has a chance to make more team history.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
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Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
One of head coach Sean Payton’s lifers won’t be back with the Broncos in 2025.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2025
In the pantheon of beloved Red Sox lifers, Dwight Evans is quietly verging on Johnny Pesky territory.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
As David prepares for 2025, the Bucs lifer has a chance to make more team history.
—Jeff Howe, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
Noun
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Analyze and compare training options To evaluate the pros and cons of each training program, this four-step checklist includes a useful rubric.—
Jean Eddy,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Read our full test and review of more than a dozen stainless steel skillets The best sauté pan: The All-Clad D3 3-quart sauté pan All-Clad D3 3 Quart Sauté Pan $180 $150 Amazon Pros & cons Specs Next verse, same as the first.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 May 2025
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It was founded by Google veteran Jeff Shardell in Taos, New Mexico.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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With Jarrett and the rookie Turner entering the rotation with Dexter and returning veteran tackles Chris Williams, Zacch Pickens and Jonathan Ford, the Bears have created some healthy competition at defensive tackle.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Since lawmakers made the change retroactive, many convicts have petitioned for reconsideration and have been able to gain freedom.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2025
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In a December call, the Pope lobbied Biden to soften death-row sentences for convicts.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 54,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants.—
Julia Frankel,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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His platoon was pinned down in the jungle, under constant combatant fire, When the enemy threw a live grenade.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2025
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Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.—
Jemal Polson,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Becomes a jailbird at a high-security zoo after he’s caught, with the newest Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, finding Feathers, all these years later, hell-bent on getting even with the duo who locked him up.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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Cisco Systems The old tech warhorse, still crucial to many tech systems, will report Wednesday after the bell.—
Jason Gewirtz,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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Ride Giannis Into the Paint—and the Pacers Into the Ground With no Lillard for now, the Bucks’ offensive warhorse is back to full-time duty.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The negotiations resulted in an agreement for a large prisoner swap but not a cease-fire.—
Liubov Sholudko,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The Vatican has continued to seek to help facilitate the return of Ukrainian children taken by Russia and the Holy See has been able to mediate some prisoner exchanges.—
Ruth Sherlock,
NPR,
19 May 2025
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According to a prison menu obtained by PEOPLE, Combs and the other inmates at MDC will eat a normal, rotating Monday meal, which will consist of fruit, cereal, skim milk and a breakfast cake to start their day.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
25 May 2025
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The inmates escaped in the early morning hours of May 16.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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