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Recent Examples of lifer
Baseball lifer Phil Garner passed away over the weekend at 76 years old.
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
As a lifer, Braddy will no longer get his own cell and will have to be around other inmates.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 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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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
As a lifer, Braddy will no longer get his own cell and will have to be around other inmates.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 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
Noun
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Here are eight of the most popular proposals for closing Social Security’s funding gap, and the pros and cons of each.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
4 May 2026
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Tseng suggests women review the pros and cons of each approach with their surgeons.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
1 May 2026
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Purrazzo also has the opportunity to help veterans and first-responders in need.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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In 1984, Monsanto and six other chemical companies agreed to pay a $180 million settlement to Vietnam veterans who were exposed to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 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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Before that, jury recommendations had to be unanimous, a requirement that allowed a single dissenting juror to spare the life of a convict and condemn him to life in prison.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 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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The story centers on a unit of nine soldiers – drawn from across the military hierarchy – dispatched to Tsushima Island to bring home Koreans taken prisoner by Japanese pirate groups.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 May 2026
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The poor conditions were also the backdrop for a push in 1980 by the New Progressive Party governor at the time, Carlos Romero Barceló, to codify voting rights for prisoners.—
Raquel Rutledge,
ProPublica,
5 May 2026
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This season is all about continuing to develop the 2025 draftees and coaching Lauren Betts, Georgia Amoore, and the rest of the 2026 rookie class to a similar level of success.—
Sabreena Merchant,
New York Times,
4 May 2026
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In a collegiate era, where many players — including some fellow 49ers draftees this year — have played for two or three schools, Gracen Halton remained at Oklahoma all four years of his college career.—
Graham Womack
May 4,
Sacbee.com,
4 May 2026
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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