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Recent Examples of lifer
In addition to the van lifers who are camping out, Theberge said the event will welcome 1,000-2,000 visitors with day passes.
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Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
The head coach is a football lifer still being asked to justify his spot on the sideline.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
However, football lifer Dan Quinn knew not to thrust the rookie quarterback into a leadership role regardless.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
This means the Tar Heels are considering replacing 73-year-old Mack Brown with a 72-year-old NFL lifer with about as much charisma as a bag of unsalted potato chips.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
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Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
The head coach is a football lifer still being asked to justify his spot on the sideline.
—John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
However, football lifer Dan Quinn knew not to thrust the rookie quarterback into a leadership role regardless.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
This means the Tar Heels are considering replacing 73-year-old Mack Brown with a 72-year-old NFL lifer with about as much charisma as a bag of unsalted potato chips.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
Noun
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In fact, there are many pros to housing carpenter bees that, in my opinion, outweigh their cons.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
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Have each perspective weigh in on my options with their pros, cons and considerations.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The veteran actress reinforced her romantic bonafides in the starry ensemble movies Think Like a Man and Think Like a Man Too (2014) while finding a home on TV in Being Mary Jane (2013–2019).—
EW.com,
EW.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Drake Baldwin thriving in role Rookie catcher Drake Baldwin’s role has been reduced since veteran Sean Murphy returned from the injured list, but Baldwin is excelling in his opportunities to catch a couple of times a week and also DH or pinch hit occasionally.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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In the new film, Zac Efron co-stars as a young convict fresh out of prison who takes a reality TV courtroom hostage, blaming the megalomaniac TV judge (Ferrell) for a past ruling that he feels ruined his life.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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The dramatization, which launched on March 20, leans as far away from serial killer tropes as possible, nixing reenactments of crimes and displays of violence for tense exchanges between a convict and his fraught daughter — introducing a purely fictional central mystery along the way.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Israel's offensive has since killed more than 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
20 Apr. 2025
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Israel’s offensive has since killed more 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tally.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.—
Joshua Kurp,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Ride Giannis Into the Paint—and the Pacers Into the Ground With no Lillard for now, the Bucks’ offensive warhorse is back to full-time duty.—
Brian Sampson,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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The National Symphony Orchestra is planning warhorses by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich and world premieres by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center’s composer in residence; Valerie Coleman; and others.—
Javier C. Hernández,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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The three remaining federal death row prisoners whose sentences Biden didn't commute are all challenging their cases.—
Kristin Wright,
NPR,
25 Apr. 2025
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Over the past 27 years, nine prisoners have been set free after being convicted in part on inaccurate evidence given by West and Hayne.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Apr. 2025
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From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C. It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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An escaped California inmate wanted for killing the leader of an elite Mexican police unit while on the run was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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