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Recent Examples of reliever
A day after three Padres relievers worked 3⅔ scoreless innings — the bullpen’s fourth scoreless effort in a five-game stretch — all four Padres relievers who appeared in yesterday’s game allowed at least one run.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Four Naturals relievers combined to allow 1unearned run on 3 hits over the final 5 innings.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2025
So far this year, more than 58% of his pitches have been in the strike zone, a rate that is easily a personal career high (well up from his previous high mark of 52.4% last year) and ranks 18th among qualified big-league relievers.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
On came right-hander Jake Bird, Colorado’s most reliable reliever, but Aaron Judge punched an RBI double into the left-field corner, Cody Bellinger drew another walk, and Dominguez lifted a sacrifice fly to center.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2025
Four Naturals relievers combined to allow 1unearned run on 3 hits over the final 5 innings.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2025
So far this year, more than 58% of his pitches have been in the strike zone, a rate that is easily a personal career high (well up from his previous high mark of 52.4% last year) and ranks 18th among qualified big-league relievers.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2025
On came right-hander Jake Bird, Colorado’s most reliable reliever, but Aaron Judge punched an RBI double into the left-field corner, Cody Bellinger drew another walk, and Dominguez lifted a sacrifice fly to center.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliever
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Why Now? Unlike chatbots or single-task assistants, AI agents are evolving to operate autonomously within complex environments.—
Nikit Shah,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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The film’s assistant director, David Halls, secured a plea deal with prosecutors, pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of negligent handling of a gun.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
24 May 2025
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However, after a few seconds, Nora realizes who Ellie really is.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Baldwin never ended up spending a second in prison, nor even a full week before a jury in his own case last summer.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
25 May 2025
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Separately, attorneys for the families of victims of the shootings at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 filed a civil lawsuit under a different provision of the law concerning unfair trade practices.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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If any inmates were denied parole because of the faulty tests, they could be owed a new hearing before the parole board, said attorneys representing inmates affected by the defective drug tests.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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Two years after welcoming their first child into the world via a surrogate, Andrews and her husband, former NHL star Jarret Stoll, were expecting their second child via a surrogate again.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
22 May 2025
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Archer was born in Chicago July 28, 2023, and Fair and her husband were staying at a hotel nearby and were there when the surrogate, Tricia Holloway, gave birth.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Its ascent was driven by a combination of factors including easing trade tension between the United States and China and Moody's downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt which has prompted investors to seek alternative investment sources to the dollar.—
Samuel Indyk,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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Leatherman cited pollution in the nearby Tijuana River as the main factor.—
Jeanne Bonner,
CNN Money,
22 May 2025
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In Lebanon, the 2023–24 Israel–Hezbollah war devastated Iran's top proxy.—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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Unreliable Web data-gathering solutions and questionably sourced proxies will lead to operational failures and reputational damage.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The deputies that fired their weapons are placed on administrative assignment, Codd said.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
1 June 2025
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The White House deputy press secretary, Harrison Fields, said the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is creating media to support a particular political party on the taxpayers' dime.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 June 2025
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My dad was a crime scene detective, my mom was an undercover narcotics agent, and my stepfather was an FBI agent.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
23 May 2025
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The agents, most of which are set to be available by the end of 2025, can perform a variety of tasks; one handles sourcing and procurement, while another creates and manages quotes and still another orchestrates stock and handles in-store inventory details.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
23 May 2025
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“Reliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliever. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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