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Recent Examples of lifer
The company didn’t name a successor and instead appointed two executives as interim co-CEOs to replace Gelsinger, a former Intel lifer who has been CEO for only three years.
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
Leyland was among the last of his kind, a baseball lifer who was the son of a factory worker and worked offseason odd jobs to make ends meet during his long tenure as a player and coach in the minor leagues.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
Gelsinger was a lifer who joined the company at age 18 and spent 30 years on the job, from 1979 to 2009, before returning to lead the company in 2021.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
The shop’s general manager, Nikki Lee, had nothing but sympathy and praise for the van lifers.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 2 Dec. 2024
Leyland was among the last of his kind, a baseball lifer who was the son of a factory worker and worked offseason odd jobs to make ends meet during his long tenure as a player and coach in the minor leagues.
—Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 3 Aug. 2024
Gelsinger was a lifer who joined the company at age 18 and spent 30 years on the job, from 1979 to 2009, before returning to lead the company in 2021.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2024
The shop’s general manager, Nikki Lee, had nothing but sympathy and praise for the van lifers.
—Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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While behind bars for one of his many cons, Steven falls in love with Phillip Morris, played by Ewan McGregor.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ellis is back on the police force after Max got away with an elaborate con worth millions during the season finale.Gabriela Silva, TVLine, 6 Jan. 2025
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President Joe Biden on Friday is set to award the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration, to seven U.S. Army veterans for heroism during the Korean War and Vietnam War.Luis Martinez, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
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Take Elliott Hill, the Nike veteran who returned to the company in October, taking the CEO reins from John Donahoe.Evan Clark, WWD, 2 Jan. 2025
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Notably, the Supreme Court ruled in 1927 that a president may grant reprieves and pardons without the convict's consent.Landon Mion, Fox News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Bart Jansen: Pardon power comes down through English law and the tradition that allowed the king to extend mercy for convicts.Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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The ministry doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tally.Compiled byDemocrat-Gazette stafffrom wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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The officials do not distinguish between civilians and combatants in their death tolls.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 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 composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, that warhorse of English traditionalism, is mentioned six times, and his plangent music—invoking a lost, idyllic England; a greener, more pleasant land—could easily be the novel’s soundtrack.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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At 33, Watt is young enough not to be tired of even the most familiar rock radio warhorses.Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2024
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And in instead of pay—which for some is pennies per hour—the prisoners’ wages are often garnished to pay for things like their own room and board and court fees to appeal their cases.Doug Melville, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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But agreeing to release an Afghan prisoner at Guantánamo could be politically trickier for Biden, who has come under withering criticism from lawmakers over the chaotic withdrawal of U.S.-led forces from Afghanistan in August 2021.Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2025
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The practice is controversial as the inmates are paid little for dangerous and difficult work: $10.24 each day, with more for 24-hour shifts, according to the corrections department.Marc Sternfield, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
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Though the state has long relied on prison labor to fight fires, the practice is controversial as the inmates are paid little for dangerous and difficult work.DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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