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Recent Examples of lifer
Detroit Lions lifer Barry Sanders is considered one of the greatest running backs in NFL history.
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Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Krull is a Payton lifer who started his career as an undrafted free agent in New Orleans.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 July 2025
As in the basketball lifer who has roamed the country and the globe for more than a decade seeking talent.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Greer again circled back to the culture created by the Panthers, an organization that until 2022 had gone 25 years without even a playoff round win, and leaders like Barkov, Tkachuk and Panthers lifer Aaron Ekblad.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Krull is a Payton lifer who started his career as an undrafted free agent in New Orleans.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 July 2025
As in the basketball lifer who has roamed the country and the globe for more than a decade seeking talent.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2025
Greer again circled back to the culture created by the Panthers, an organization that until 2022 had gone 25 years without even a playoff round win, and leaders like Barkov, Tkachuk and Panthers lifer Aaron Ekblad.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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Trays of arroz con gandules, or yellow rice with pigeon peas, prepared by El Borinquen Food Truck lined a buffet table alongside shredded roast pork shoulder and Puerto Rican-style macaroni salad tossed in creamy mayonnaise and finely diced peppers.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The extensive report, which estimates weekday ridership will top 29,000 by 2045, describes a variety of pros, cons and other considerations for the current plan.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Alt, who is coming off an outstanding rookie season and was a left tackle at Notre Dame, was replaced by veteran Trey Pipkins III.—
Jay Paris,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The veteran rock star and his interior designer wife, Emilie Keuning, subsequently gave the place a full makeover, and, after hitting the market in June with a nearly $14 million ask, the house quickly sold to Pitt at a substantial discount.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
7 Aug. 2025
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As part of the reformative aims of the convict system, many of these men were incarcerated at Fremantle Prison, trained, and put to work on infrastructure projects such as bridges, roads, and public buildings.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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With one set of sisters on a convict ship set for Australia and the other managing haunting images, a strange skin condition, and stories of men going missing, I was utterly engrossed.—
Kalie Cassidy
July 25,
Literary Hub,
25 July 2025
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Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants and cannot be independently verified by TIME.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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In war, the deaths of civilians and combatants are unfortunately inevitable.—
Paul L. Newman,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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Her jumpsuit is a couture twist on the cartoonish striped getup of a jailbird.—
Jemal Polson,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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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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The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below: For an old warhorse, Freaky Friday looks darn cute.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
12 July 2025
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Broadway theaters subsist on stunt-cast revivals of old warhorses; book publishers rely disproportionately on backlist sales.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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As the blaze continued its advance on Saturday, all 179 prisoners were evacuated from Rifle Correctional Center in Garfield County, state authorities said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
11 Aug. 2025
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Julia swears that she can’t be held as a prisoner, but Lord Lovat (Tony Curran), also known as Simon Fraser, quickly puts this feisty woman in her place.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Most inmates from Stillwater have been transferred to Oak Park Heights — the closest facility — with 84 moved there.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
15 Aug. 2025
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The searches of female inmates entering the county jail are done by female deputies and recorded on their body cameras to ensure the new inmates are not hiding contraband like drugs on their bodies.—
Colleen Slevin,
Denver Post,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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