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Recent Examples of lifer
Llobet played tons of DIY gigs with a rotating cast of friends over the years that followed, but no one completed youbet quite like Prussack, a New Jersey native and fellow rock lifer.
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Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
International executives will be familiar with Walden, but are unlikely to know a huge amount about D’Amaro, a Disney lifer who has come up through the parks and experiences division.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
There was no such scaffolding six years ago when Disney sought to replace Iger with Bob Chapek, a Disney lifer who also came from the parks and consumer products divisions.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
The financial price was never a big problem for Belichick, a football lifer who has earned millions.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
International executives will be familiar with Walden, but are unlikely to know a huge amount about D’Amaro, a Disney lifer who has come up through the parks and experiences division.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Feb. 2026
There was no such scaffolding six years ago when Disney sought to replace Iger with Bob Chapek, a Disney lifer who also came from the parks and consumer products divisions.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 4 Feb. 2026
The financial price was never a big problem for Belichick, a football lifer who has earned millions.
—Steve Buckley, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
Noun
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Salon leaders might opt to continue using those products, weighing the pros and cons.—
Kelley Swing,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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Surgeons also point to the price as a potential con.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
16 Mar. 2026
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Alexander, a 31-year-old TCU product, is a seven-year big league veteran who signed with his hometown team this winter.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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After a catastrophic debris strike destroys their shuttle during a spacewalk, Sandra Bullock’s astronaut is left untethered, spinning silently against the vastness of space, while George Clooney’s veteran astronaut tries to guide her from a distance.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Several times when prosecutors played video from the 2024 shooting in Far Rockaway, his widow Stephanie Diller stepped out of the courtroom, sparing herself the grisly and gruesome details of how her husband and father of her 3-year-old boy died trying to disarm an ex-convict on a busy street.—
Sheetal Banchariya,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
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Fischbach plays one of the survivors, a convict deemed expendable and thus dispatched to explore an ocean of blood in a rickety submarine.—
Alex Barasch,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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International law governing warfare bars strikes on structures, vehicles and people that are not military objectives and combatants.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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International law governing warfare bars strikes on structures, vehicles and people that are not military objectives and combatants.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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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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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Detainees have very little access to due process — prisoners are often judged in mass trials, and lawyers regularly lose track of their clients.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Even a state prisoner on a hunger strike has more rights to make medical decisions.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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The usual group of folks embracing the challenge of a rebuild are minimum-salary journeymen looking for a fair opportunity, and draftees the team selects.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2026
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The Hawks went on to lose in a 20-point beatdown to Xavier in the A-10 quarterfinals, as soon-to-be NBA draftees Delonte West and Jameer Nelson struggled to score, while Xavier put on a scoring clinic.—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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