Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifers
Noun
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Nester is one of Utah’s leading defense lawyers and worked for the Obama administration on an advisory board for convicts seeking clemency.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Inevitably, Burgess said, after the battery of lawyers have disappeared and the camera lights have faded, the reality of life in prison sets in for many convicts.—
Ian Berry,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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As the investigations continued Tuesday into two separate mass shootings allegedly perpetrated over the weekend by Marine veterans wielding assault rifles, one in Michigan and the other in North Carolina, numerous questions remain unanswered -- chief among them motive.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Done right, remakes can be a fantastic way to introduce a franchise to a new audience, but also have to be transformative enough that veterans who’ve played the original come away with a different experience.—
George Yang,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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Gaza’s Health Ministry does not say how many were civilians or combatants.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Protests demanding an end to the war have occurred across Europe, as Gaza's Health Ministry said the Palestinian death toll since the war began — including both combatants and civilians — has topped 67,000.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
4 Oct. 2025
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Ultimately, weigh the pros and cons to make a decision that works best for you and your garden.—
Mike Irvine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Oct. 2025
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Even now, 60 years after the show debuted, Eden — who recently celebrated her 94th birthday — still makes appearances at comic-cons and fan events around the world.—
Carson Blackwelder,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
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These new pressures add to existing ones, such as building state-of-the-art facilities and hiring expensive coaches in hopes of landing recruits.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Set entirely in 1958 Stockholm, The New Force follows a small group of women who graduate as Sweden’s pioneering police recruits, most notably Carin (Josefin Asplund), Siv (Agnes Rase), and Ingrid (Malin Persson).—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In return, Israel would halt its offensive and withdraw from much of the territory, release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and allow an influx of humanitarian aid and eventual reconstruction.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Iran reportedly executed six prisoners Saturday who the regime claimed carried out deadly attacks in the country’s oil-rich southwest on behalf of Israel, marking the latest surge in executions that rights groups say have reached levels unseen in decades.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
4 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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Two other recent draftees have also been assigned to Salem.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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This will require compromise among leaders who prioritize raising compensation for career soldiers and extending the service of conscripts and those who favor fielding new military capabilities.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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For more than three years, Ukrainian soldiers, conscripts and ordinary civilians have given their lives to defend their country’s borders, and Vasyanovych is speaking to Variety just days before the latest onslaught of Russian missiles on Kyiv.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Lifers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifers. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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