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Recent Examples of reliever
Take over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers like Advil (ibuprofen) or Bayer (aspirin) to relieve pain and swelling.
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Sarah Bradley, Health, 20 June 2025
Staff ace Corbin Burnes and top reliever Justin Martinez recently underwent season-ending elbow surgeries.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The Padres will face Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Thursday for the first time since the $325 million ace and Dodgers relievers held them scoreless in the most important San Diego-Los Angeles sports contest ever played.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
The Dodgers have eight starters, including Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell and Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, and six relievers on the injured list.
—Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
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Sarah Bradley, Health, 20 June 2025
Staff ace Corbin Burnes and top reliever Justin Martinez recently underwent season-ending elbow surgeries.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 20 June 2025
The Padres will face Yoshinobu Yamamoto on Thursday for the first time since the $325 million ace and Dodgers relievers held them scoreless in the most important San Diego-Los Angeles sports contest ever played.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 June 2025
The Dodgers have eight starters, including Tyler Glasnow, Blake Snell and Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki, and six relievers on the injured list.
—Beth Harris, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliever
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Former Arsenal, Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole, Carsley’s assistant, made similar shouts and was hands-on throughout.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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As reported in a 2021 Rolling Stone exposé, more than a dozen women came forward with allegations of abuse against Manson, real name Brian Warner, including Evan Rachel Wood, actress Esmé Bianco, model Ashley Morgan, and Warner’s former personal assistant, Ashley Walters.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
28 June 2025
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Downtime Is Not An Option At these densities, even a brief interruption in liquid flow can lead to thermal throttling or overheating in seconds.—
Steven Carlini,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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With two eight-piston monobloc calipers at the front and two six-piston monobloc calipers at the back, the brake system can bring the Bolide from 186 mph to a standstill in 6.0 seconds, doing so in 748 feet.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
30 June 2025
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For more than six weeks, Sean Combs has sat amongst his nine attorneys in a lower Manhattan federal courtroom as more than two dozen witnesses who include ex-girlfriends, former employees and law enforcement agents have testified against him.—
Isabella Gomez Sarmiento,
NPR,
24 June 2025
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Defense attorney Stuart Cearley told jurors the video showed Grindstaff was in fear for his life when Stacy decided to back up toward him using his vehicle as a weapon, even striking Grindstaff’s patrol vehicle.—
Ron Wood,
Arkansas Online,
24 June 2025
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Crawley and husband Ryan Dawkins welcomed their first baby together, daughter Rowen Lily, in January 2024 via surrogate.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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Our interview, however, was just two days earlier, and his surrogate was already three centimeters dilated!—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
12 June 2025
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Three key factors make this particularly hard and point to where solutions might emerge.—
Jeff Mahler,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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The pressure is on him and his team to replicate their earlier success, a tall order considering what a factor the sheer surprise of the phenomenon, impossible to replicate now, played back in 2021.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said Putin's and Peskov's statements show Moscow has not abandoned its war aims, which include government change, a pro-Russian proxy government in Kyiv, and limitations on Ukraine's military.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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The church, through its Board of Pensions, plans to present the proposal at the company’s annual stockholder meeting later this summer, according to Albertsons’ annual proxy statement released June 20.—
Angela Palermo
July 4,
Idaho Statesman,
4 July 2025
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Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said on May 26, 2024 deputies responded to the business on the 7100 block of Rancho Mission Drive in the city's suburb of Bellaire, where a couple was staying with their 4-month-old child Brooklyn Fancher.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
25 June 2025
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He was stopped and arrested on an interstate in Escambia County, deputies said.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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In many cases, legacy systems can’t easily accommodate these autonomous agents without substantial reengineering.—
Sol Rashidi,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Six crew members and a gate agent at Charlotte Douglas International Airport were taken to the hospital Friday night after inhaling something, according to MEDIC.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2025
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“Reliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliever. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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