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Recent Examples of jailbird
Excuse me, Ayanna’s husband, a jailbird named Conan Harris, bought the mansion, not the Congresswoman.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.
—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
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
Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025
Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.
—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
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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The plan proposes an immediate ceasefire, the return of all hostages, and the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The lawsuits, which are pending, alleged that inmates were kept alone in dark cells for long periods of time and were taken out only to shower or for one-hour recreation periods a few times a week.—
Jade Jackson,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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Kendrick most recently represented death row inmate Steven Bixby, who has been convicted of shooting officers dead in 2003.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nester is one of Utah’s leading defense lawyers and worked for the Obama administration on an advisory board for convicts seeking clemency.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Inevitably, Burgess said, after the battery of lawyers have disappeared and the camera lights have faded, the reality of life in prison sets in for many convicts.—
Ian Berry,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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In addition, TVLine will be on the ground at the ‘con, getting all the scoop direct from your Bravo faves.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
30 Sep. 2025
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The pros and cons of sparse attention An AI model makes decisions based on its training data and new information, such as a prompt.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Jailbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbird. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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