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Recent Examples of lifer
The football lifer constructed the Wrentham school into one of the state’s best, winning four Super Bowl championships (2016, 2017, 2023, 2025) and eight Hockomock League titles.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Baseball lifer Phil Garner passed away over the weekend at 76 years old.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Underwood is a coaching lifer, the kind that started barely in view of the bottom rung of the ladder.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
In the spring of 1993, a group of restless Cartoon Network employees, led by VP of programming and TBS lifer Mike Lazzo, wanted to inject original programming targeted for adults into a rote repertory schedule of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
Baseball lifer Phil Garner passed away over the weekend at 76 years old.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
Underwood is a coaching lifer, the kind that started barely in view of the bottom rung of the ladder.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
In the spring of 1993, a group of restless Cartoon Network employees, led by VP of programming and TBS lifer Mike Lazzo, wanted to inject original programming targeted for adults into a rote repertory schedule of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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What begins as a small con deepens when the painter’s shrewd agent (Gilles Lellouche) spots an opportunity, encouraging Suzanne to continue the deception as a way to revive his client’s creativity — and bankroll them both.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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There are many cons to dating a succubus.—
Erin La Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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The veterans were essentially reclamation projects.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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Built in the 17th century under King Louis XIV, the National Institution of Invalides houses dozens of residents — among them military veterans, Holocaust survivors and civilian victims of conflicts and attacks who receive long-term, medically supervised care.—
Sylvie Corbet,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Despite the obvious danger to the convicts, Jackson underscored how popular the spectacle was.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2026
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The Wu-Tang Clan founder directed, wrote and produced the revenge thriller that follows an ex-military convict (Shameik Moore) seeking redemption in a small town.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 May 2026
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The use of the term caused alarm as international humanitarian law explicitly forbids armed forces from denying enemy combatants to surrender and instead killing them.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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Though active hostilities have paused for the moment, the conflict has already exacted a tragic toll on combatants and civilians alike, threatened global stability and underscored in stark relief the grim reality of war.—
William E. Lori,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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But these jailbirds aren’t using their own fingers to fire off missives or create clones.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
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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But these warhorses have been rejuvenated in startling ways.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Feb. 2026
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Levi observed that the prisoners with no knowledge of German—in other words, almost all of the Italians—died shortly after their arrival.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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With Pope Francis’ assistance, Biden officials turned their efforts to the 553 prisoners the regime would give up.—
Rick Jervis,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Her gray scarf coat worn over pleated white layers combined military and school uniforms, paying homage to young draftees in the Russian army.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
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Throw that together with the Broncos’ fourth-round draftee Kage Casey, and there’s potential here.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
10 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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