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Recent Examples of jailbird
Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.
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Jemal Polson, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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
Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third husband who also ended an embezzler and a jailbird.
—Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
The jailbird and guard stayed in touch over the phone, according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 May 2022
Jemal Polson, CNN Money, 8 May 2025
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
Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third husband who also ended an embezzler and a jailbird.
—Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
The jailbird and guard stayed in touch over the phone, according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailbird
Noun
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As the blaze continued its advance on Saturday, all 179 prisoners were evacuated from Rifle Correctional Center in Garfield County, state authorities said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
11 Aug. 2025
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Julia swears that she can’t be held as a prisoner, but Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), also known as Simon Fraser, quickly puts this feisty woman in her place.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Most inmates from Stillwater have been transferred to Oak Park Heights — the closest facility — with 84 moved there.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
15 Aug. 2025
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The searches of female inmates entering the county jail are done by female deputies and recorded on their body cameras to ensure the new inmates are not hiding contraband like drugs on their bodies.—
Colleen Slevin,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As part of the reformative aims of the convict system, many of these men were incarcerated at Fremantle Prison, trained, and put to work on infrastructure projects such as bridges, roads, and public buildings.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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With one set of sisters on a convict ship set for Australia and the other managing haunting images, a strange skin condition, and stories of men going missing, I was utterly engrossed.—
Kalie Cassidy
July 25,
Literary Hub,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Trays of arroz con gandules, or yellow rice with pigeon peas, prepared by El Borinquen Food Truck lined a buffet table alongside shredded roast pork shoulder and Puerto Rican-style macaroni salad tossed in creamy mayonnaise and finely diced peppers.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The extensive report, which estimates weekday ridership will top 29,000 by 2045, describes a variety of pros, cons and other considerations for the current plan.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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“Jailbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbird. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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