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Recent Examples of reliever
That proved costly as the Cubs’ slim 2-1 lead vanished the next inning when Carrigg slugged a go-ahead, three-run home run off reliever Caleb Thielbar.
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
But reliever John Ghelli got back-to-back whiffs to force extra innings.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
The Giants slimmed the deficit to 9-6 by the end of the eighth, with all five runs charged to Nationals reliever Paxton Schultz, who threw a scoreless seventh frame before getting chased without recording a single out in the eighth.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Right-handed reliever Zach Agnos, so good in his first professional start last Thursday at Arizona — five scoreless innings with one hit, one walk, and four strikeouts — got blasted by the Dodgers.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
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Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
But reliever John Ghelli got back-to-back whiffs to force extra innings.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
The Giants slimmed the deficit to 9-6 by the end of the eighth, with all five runs charged to Nationals reliever Paxton Schultz, who threw a scoreless seventh frame before getting chased without recording a single out in the eighth.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2026
Right-handed reliever Zach Agnos, so good in his first professional start last Thursday at Arizona — five scoreless innings with one hit, one walk, and four strikeouts — got blasted by the Dodgers.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reliever
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Her two assistants, Brooke Mayo and Kathryn Nesbitt, are also American women.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Parker, a former Eagles assistant, has risen quickly through the NFL coaching ranks and now faces a tough task with a roster full of new faces and high expectations.—
Briana Aldridge,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Because she had already been assessed a technical foul moments earlier, the shove counted as her second of the night, earning an automatic ejection.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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But when almost anyone can fabricate a visually similar image in seconds from a text prompt using artificial intelligence, how do people decide which image is real?—
Nan Li,
The Conversation,
22 June 2026
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Jack Scarola, an attorney for the couple, said Score and Mills appreciate how news of their mix-up helped connect them with Shea's biological parents.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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The city attorney’s office submitted a recommendation on Tuesday to break up the charter into a number of amendments.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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Their first, Christian, was delivered by a surrogate in 2002.—
Reeves Wiedeman,
Curbed,
22 June 2026
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But Lander quickly pointed out that the AI video might not have the effect the Goldman surrogate intended.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
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Nearly half acknowledged mental health issues, and 34% felt their lack of personal relationships was a factor that contributed to feeling purposeless.—
Avni Trivedi,
CNN Money,
24 June 2026
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Zandi factors in military spending, rising energy and commodity prices, as well as interest rates.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
24 June 2026
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There’s no stopping terrorist proxies or reduction of the nuclear threat.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
20 June 2026
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The question of Iran’s missile program and its support for regional proxies has been left out of the agreement.—
Hamidreza Azizi,
Time,
19 June 2026
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According to Euro News, 125 deputies backed the government proposal, 61 voted against it and 13 abstained.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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Ramon Padilla is the deputy graphics editor for USA TODAY.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Matt Chapman signed his extension before Posey took over, but his first big move was bringing in free-agent shortstop Willy Adames.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
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To fix this, the team altered the fabrication process and introduced an in situ crosslinking agent directly into the polymer film during its formation.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
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“Reliever.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reliever. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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