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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifers
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Under the ceasefire terms, Hamas released all living hostages in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian convicts and wartime detainees, while Israel pulled back its troops and halted its offensive.—
Maayan Lubell,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025 -
Former convicts include Millie Bobby Brown and Margaret Qualley, who were both gifted the artist’s fluffy pink handcuffs while attending one of her shows.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
12 Oct. 2025
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The annual event is a tribute to the service and sacrifice of veterans and their families.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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The Last Drop Distillers was founded by spirits industry veterans Tom Jago and James Espey in 2008, with a focus on finding and bottling the literal last drops of rare spirits from around the world.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
5 Nov. 2025
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Above the surface, the navy has 122 surface combatants, which include 11 aircraft carriers, 11 cruisers and 74 destroyers.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Across the world, for all military battles where such data is available, the average army kills nine enemy non-combatants for every fighter killed.—
Oded J K Faran,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Eagles are currently on their bye week, which will give them a chance to assess their overall situation and weigh the pros and cons of making such a big move.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Shared leadership does not always work, and Michael Watkins, professor at IMD Business school, has written about the pros and cons of this arrangement.—
Neil Senturia,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Facility one-upsmanship, all in the name of attracting better recruits, led to practice facilities with mini-golf courses (Clemson), marble showers in the locker room (Oregon) and sensory deprivation tanks (Georgia).—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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Three class of 2026 recruits have decommitted from the program in 2025, including two four-star players in Bryson Beaver and Tradon Bessinger.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Oct. 2025
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There were also prisoners, paupers and unclaimed bodies who went into mass graves, including remains of 39,307 Catholics at Holy Cross.—
Chris Kenning,
USA Today,
25 Oct. 2025
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Some of the prisoners shot and killed two guards with an automatic pistol.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Oct. 2025
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Those guys are important Poles draftees.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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The Padres bring their top draftees to Petco Park at some point each year.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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But such streaks of humor and tenderness inevitably give way to the next atrocity, as Hothead conscripts Chicken into her mission to dispatch men.—
Jo Livingstone,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Lifers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifers. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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