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Recent Examples of lifer
Marist coach John Dunne has been a lifer in the league, spending 12 years at Saint Peter’s and now in his seventh campaign at Marist.
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Since the rulings, more than 1,000 juvenile lifers have been released.
—Brendan Rand, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
According to Troy Renck of the Denver Post, Manager Bud Black is in a group chat with baseball lifers, including Dodgers boss Dave Roberts.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
But maybe nothing is as frustrating for van lifers, or occupies as big a chunk of their daily bandwidth, as the question of where to find a toilet.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Jim Root, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
Since the rulings, more than 1,000 juvenile lifers have been released.
—Brendan Rand, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2025
According to Troy Renck of the Denver Post, Manager Bud Black is in a group chat with baseball lifers, including Dodgers boss Dave Roberts.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
But maybe nothing is as frustrating for van lifers, or occupies as big a chunk of their daily bandwidth, as the question of where to find a toilet.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
Noun
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However, the focus of the con is noticeably widening.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Contrary to its fellow fats like butter and extra virgin olive oil, which both infuse recipes with noticeable flavor, vegetable shortening is neutral—which can be a pro or a con, depending on your goals with a dish.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2025
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Stafford and the Rams agreed to a contract adjustment on Friday, ending several weeks of speculation about the 16-year veteran’s future.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
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The reporter asked if Mr. Trump is considering what the administration can do to help those veterans salvage their lives.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Instead they were put in a vacant section of the military prison that houses terrorism suspects and convicts, far from the area where other deportees will be held by the Department of Homeland Security.—
Hamed Aleaziz,
New York Times,
6 Feb. 2025
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Ball was reportedly in Washington, D.C. awaiting trial for his actions in the Capitol riot — including wounding police with an explosive device — when Trump granted pardons to more than 1,500 convicts involved in sacking the building.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Israel’s military offensive has killed over 48,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians.—
Mohammad Jahjouh,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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The military has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.—
Mick Krever,
CNN,
24 Feb. 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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When Canton jailbird selectman Chris Albert did six months in prison in 1994 for a hit-and-run homicide, who was his lawyer? A. Judge Auntie Bev B. Meatball Morrissey C. Auntie Bev’s brother D. Adam Lally 2.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2024
Noun
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Going to celebrate the Passover, Jesus chose to enter the city on the back of a colt, in stark contrast to the warhorses and chariots of Roman armies.—
Lynne Silva-Breen,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.—
Charles McGrath,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2024
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Hamas has freed all 25 living hostages included in the first six-week phase ending on March 1 in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.—
Joseph Krauss,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
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With just days to go before the first phase of the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas was set to expire, the terrorist group has agreed to release the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.—
Bradford Betz,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Dale Huttle served about six months of a 2 1/2-year sentence at FCI Thomson, a federal prison near the Illinois-Iowa border, before he was released on Jan. 20, according to a federal inmate search.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fellow inmate Christopher Scarver bludgeoned the serial killer and another inmate to death in 1994.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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