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Recent Examples of lifer
Snead is a scouting and player personnel lifer but also something of a renaissance man.
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Isabella Dovhey has been a Circle Christian golf lifer.
—Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Cignetti, the 64-year-old coaching lifer, started it.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
As a music lifer, Close has been playing guitar since 13, and even toured with the Denver Broncos band overseas when that outfit was active through the early 1990s.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
Isabella Dovhey has been a Circle Christian golf lifer.
—Steve Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Cignetti, the 64-year-old coaching lifer, started it.
—Dallas Morning News, 20 Jan. 2026
As a music lifer, Close has been playing guitar since 13, and even toured with the Denver Broncos band overseas when that outfit was active through the early 1990s.
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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Customers who remember the Carmona’s Food Network appearance, when Diners, Drive-ins and Dives featured his mole French fries, might be interested in Milagro’s flautas con mole ($16), an upscale riff on the Fieri fave.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Assignments on the First Amendment, the history and effects of peaceful protests or classroom debates on the pros and cons of ICE would all be more meaningful topics.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Stafford, a 17-year veteran, won the award by finishing ahead of New England quarterback Drake Maye in balloting by a panel of 50 journalists who regularly cover the NFL.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Seahawks ranked third in total pressures and seventh in sacks this season, thanks to a front seven that includes a rotating set of outside linebackers in veterans DeMarcus Lawrence and Uchenna Nwosu and younger pass rushers Derick Hall and Boye Mafe.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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The story is a post-apocalyptic tale in which a convict, played by Fischbach, sails an ocean of blood in a submarine in order to search for resources and discovers increasingly terrifying secrets.—
William Earl,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2026
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Johnny Cash played Folsom Prison when respectable artists wouldn’t go near convicts.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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Ownership of the Kennedy story is a war with many combatants.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The other flavor is the solo villain, a species of independent combatants who've generally developed some kind of beef with Starfleet, and will stop at nothing to ensure their destructive schemes — which may or may not have galactic significance — come to fruition.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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And these seven crooked cops are just the tip of the MSP jailbird iceberg.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
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At no point has the jailbird shown contrition for her crimes.—
Krista Kafer,
Denver Post,
1 Dec. 2025
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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
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Peeke, a warhorse all night, stepped into it and blasted a slapper that broke through Ullmark and hit the post.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Aside from a prisoner exchange, little, if any, progress was made in the talks.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Feb. 2026
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Trilateral talks between the United States, Russia and Ukraine were held in Abu Dhabi in early February, where the sides met twice but emerged with only a limited breakthrough — agreeing to a 314-person prisoner exchange, the first such swap in five months.—
Ashley Carnahan,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Only 2020 draftees Anfernee Jennings and Mike Onwenu have been with the franchise for longer than the 31-year-old veteran.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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For players like Boutte and slot receiver DeMario Douglas, 2023 draftees who were around for both of New England’s 4-13 clunkers, this run has been especially rewarding.—
Zack Cox,
Hartford Courant,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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