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Recent Examples of lifer
Belonging to no one exactly, of debatable worth, and kept company by a neighborhood lifer and his detritus: perhaps a fitting end for the bust that ignited a fight over the soul of downtown.
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Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
And the neighbors have evolved into a hearty mix of young parents, middle-aged artists and eccentrics, blue-collar lifers, and comfortable retirees.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Directed by Hollywood lifer (and author) Edward Zwick (Glory, Blood Diamond), Trial by Fire tells the story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man who was executed after being convicted of deliberately murdering his three daughters in a 1991 house fire.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
This means the Tar Heels are considering replacing 73-year-old Mack Brown with a 72-year-old NFL lifer with about as much charisma as a bag of unsalted potato chips.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
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Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025
And the neighbors have evolved into a hearty mix of young parents, middle-aged artists and eccentrics, blue-collar lifers, and comfortable retirees.
—Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2025
Directed by Hollywood lifer (and author) Edward Zwick (Glory, Blood Diamond), Trial by Fire tells the story of Cameron Todd Willingham, a Texas man who was executed after being convicted of deliberately murdering his three daughters in a 1991 house fire.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 20 Feb. 2025
This means the Tar Heels are considering replacing 73-year-old Mack Brown with a 72-year-old NFL lifer with about as much charisma as a bag of unsalted potato chips.
—Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
Noun
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Explore the pros and cons of advocating for or against prioritizing inclusion in the workplace.—
Simone E. Morris,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek spoke to veterinarians to understand the pros and cons of this decision.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Air Force veteran Mark Mendon of Blue Springs, Missouri, showed up to lend his support to the Satanic Grotto’s cause.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
28 Mar. 2025
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Citadel stars Game of Thrones veteran Richard Madden and Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra as elite spy agents who had their memories wiped years ago after encountering a shadowy syndicate known as Manticore.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
28 Mar. 2025
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Biden also commuted sentences for 37 of 40 convicts on death row in federal prisons, which was largely a policy statement against capital punishment.—
Ron Faucheux,
Orlando Sentinel,
19 Jan. 2025
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Other convicts to turn their lives around athletically include 2010 American League MVP Josh Hamilton and former MLB reliever Matt Bush.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Hamas has revised its casualty figures from the Gaza war, removing hundreds of names from its official list of war fatalities, and revealing that 72% of those killed were men aged 13 to 55 – a demographic largely composed of combatants.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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History is replete with examples of tariff wars that destroy international trade and punish—and impoverish—all combatants.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Becomes a jailbird at a high-security zoo after he’s caught, with the newest Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, finding Feathers, all these years later, hell-bent on getting even with the duo who locked him up.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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When Canton jailbird selectman Chris Albert did six months in prison in 1994 for a hit-and-run homicide, who was his lawyer? A. Judge Auntie Bev B. Meatball Morrissey C. Auntie Bev’s brother D. Adam Lally 2.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
14 July 2024
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The National Symphony Orchestra is planning warhorses by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich and world premieres by Carlos Simon, the Kennedy Center’s composer in residence; Valerie Coleman; and others.—
Javier C. Hernández,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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All three warhorses will be first-ballot Hall of Famers.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s order came after President Biden converted the death sentences of 37 of 40 prisoners on death row to sentences of life without parole and after Biden in 2021 issued a pause on executions while a review of related DOJ policies was carried out.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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Negotiations over those parts of the agreement were supposed to have begun in February after some hostages were freed in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli custody.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The Arizona Department of Corrections said Wassenaar was moved to a prison in Florence after Friday’s inmate deaths.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Erik has helped start at least five programs, including a support group for disabled and elderly inmates.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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