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Recent Examples of lifer
Dude’s an Avs lifer, as well as being the guy who won UCHealth’s Cale Makar lookalike contest at Ball Arena back on May 13.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
One more football lifer fighting for his dream.
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Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
The 62-year-old, a baseball lifer finally promoted to his first managerial stint in 2022, signed a contract extension in the offseason running through the 2027 season and was again expected to lead the Phillies into World Series contention.
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Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
The choice of Ternus, an Apple lifer who hails from the Jobs era, shows the company is not about to roll the dice on someone who might squander its lucrative business — or take it in a radical new direction.
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Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
One more football lifer fighting for his dream.
—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
The 62-year-old, a baseball lifer finally promoted to his first managerial stint in 2022, signed a contract extension in the offseason running through the 2027 season and was again expected to lead the Phillies into World Series contention.
—
Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
The choice of Ternus, an Apple lifer who hails from the Jobs era, shows the company is not about to roll the dice on someone who might squander its lucrative business — or take it in a radical new direction.
—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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Read this for details of how to download and read on for the pros and cons of installing the new software now.
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The Pro will be no less weighty, but if need to travel up to 140 miles (225 km) per trip then the numerous pros will outweigh the single con.
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The veteran guard joined the Nuggets in 2025 on a one-year veteran minimum contract and went on to post one of the best shooting seasons of his career.
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Trump’s order calls for veterans from around the country to come for rehabilitative services.
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Written by Evan Cooper, Blood On The Promontory finds five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.
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Also, from the 19th century to the 20th century, the island served as a holding area for convicts being sent from mainland France to overseas penal colonies—a sobering thread in the sunny island’s past.
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The combatants have now renewed their fragile truce, which has repeatedly threatened US-Iran negotiations.
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The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
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But these jailbirds aren’t using their own fingers to fire off missives or create clones.
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And these seven crooked cops are just the tip of the MSP jailbird iceberg.
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Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
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Former death row prisoner Richard Glossip, left, speaks to media after exiting a detention facility after being granted bond while awaiting retrial, May 14, 2026, in Oklahoma City.
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The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue them under a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners.
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The incomparable Sam Vecenie went to town again this year with his exhaustive list of 100 potential draftees and two-way players, along with video.
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That opens up additional spending power for front offices while taking nothing away from draftees.
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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