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Recent Examples of reliever
The Mets signed right-handed reliever Luis García to a one-year contract after the 38-year-old delivered a solid 2025 season with three different teams.
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Newcomer Tobias Myers, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in the deal with Freddy Peralta, might be the long reliever.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026
Catcher Victor Caratini and reliever Taylor Rogers each passed team physicals on Friday and were officially signed to free-agent contracts by the Twins.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
The Sox did call up reliever Grant Taylor from Birmingham last year.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
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Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
Newcomer Tobias Myers, acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in the deal with Freddy Peralta, might be the long reliever.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2026
Catcher Victor Caratini and reliever Taylor Rogers each passed team physicals on Friday and were officially signed to free-agent contracts by the Twins.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 24 Jan. 2026
The Sox did call up reliever Grant Taylor from Birmingham last year.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliever
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Continue reading … TRUTH EMERGES – Former Beckham assistant says Brooklyn's family drama validates her alleged affair.—
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FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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Instead of opening in a separate tab, the assistant now lives in a side panel that stays accessible across all tabs.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles moved in front with a 25-6 run that started late in the first quarter and carried over to the second.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Getting five points in the final 128 seconds from a freshman backup who was thrust into a starting role, Aliso Niguel maintained a chokehold on the league title race with a 61-60 victory at Beckman on Monday.—
Martin Henderson,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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State officials who are defendants in the lawsuit denied restricting the detainees' access to their attorneys and said any protocols were in place for security reasons and to make sure there was sufficient staffing.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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The woman also prevented the flight crew from providing medical assistance to a nearby passenger and preparing the aircraft for takeoff, per the attorney’s office.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
28 Jan. 2026
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In the latest exercise, the MQ-20 was used as a surrogate for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) and was required to intercept and engage with a human-piloted aircraft, the type of which has not been released.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Jan. 2026
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While some of its surrogates, such as Hezbollah, have been significantly weakened by Israel over the past two years, others remain heavily armed.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
26 Jan. 2026
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Researchers estimated that about 75% of this higher risk was explained by other LE8 factors, rather than sleep timing alone.—
Dr. Joseph Wendt,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2026
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They can easily be pushed, by these outside factors, into imbalance.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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When assessing Engaged’s chances of success in a proxy fight, there are several dynamics to consider.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
24 Jan. 2026
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The equity haven for this is precious-metal proxies, but the mainstream won’t be able to hide so easily in crypto if the Magnificent Seven get damaged by a rupture in the Western consensus.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Shortly after being resentenced, Thompson escaped from the Harris County jail in Houston by walking out the front door virtually unchallenged by deputies.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Among those expected to testify Wednesday was Juan Lopez Vega, deputy field office director of ICE's enforcement and removal operations in Miami, who unsuccessfully tried to quash a subpoena compelling him to show up in court on Wednesday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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At the time, Border Patrol agents were conducting enforcement operations in the area when civilians blew whistles and shouted, forcing authorities to tell the crowd to stay on the sidewalk in order to steer clear of law enforcement activity.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
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After another pause, the agent in the black beanie raises his gun again, and five more shots are fired.—
Yahya Abou-Ghazala,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Reliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliever. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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