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Recent Examples of lifer
Pat Williams, then the general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, was thinking like a league lifer.
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
Charlotte Elich is a South Pearl lifer, spearheading many of the street’s staple events like farmers markets, winter fest and a festival celebrating artisans worldwide called Global Love Fest.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
It was bound to be an emotional morning for anyone who loves hockey, and especially proud for a Connecticut and New England rink lifer like Mike Cavanaugh.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Llobet played tons of DIY gigs with a rotating cast of friends over the years that followed, but no one completed youbet quite like Prussack, a New Jersey native and fellow rock lifer.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2026
Charlotte Elich is a South Pearl lifer, spearheading many of the street’s staple events like farmers markets, winter fest and a festival celebrating artisans worldwide called Global Love Fest.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026
It was bound to be an emotional morning for anyone who loves hockey, and especially proud for a Connecticut and New England rink lifer like Mike Cavanaugh.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
Llobet played tons of DIY gigs with a rotating cast of friends over the years that followed, but no one completed youbet quite like Prussack, a New Jersey native and fellow rock lifer.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
Noun
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What are the pros and cons of private investments?—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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The pros and cons of fiber-optic guidance Ukrainian forces have pushed standard FPV drones to ranges of 50 to 60 kilometers by integrating Starlink links, relay drones, and mothership launch platforms.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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The play, like the movie, is loosely based on a robbery that took place in 1972, on a boiling-hot August day, when an eccentric, deep-in-debt Vietnam veteran named John Wojtowicz entered a Chase bank in Brooklyn with a gun and two accomplices, hoping for a quick score.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
2 Apr. 2026
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Tickets are $15, general admission; and $10 for veterans, students, seniors, and PWD.—
Christina Mayo,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Edmund Lockyer with a small party of soldiers and convicts to stake a claim on behalf of Britain by garrisoning King George Sound (at what is now Albany) on the south coast.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026
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For Prisoner, Rahim plays treacherous convict Tibor Stone, whose life is put in the hands of a young, principled prison officer Amber (Izuka Hoyle).—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2026
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International law governing warfare bars strikes on structures, vehicles and people that are not military objectives and combatants.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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International law governing warfare bars strikes on structures, vehicles and people that are not military objectives and combatants.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2026
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But these jailbirds aren’t using their own fingers to fire off missives or create clones.—
Andrew Zucker,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Feb. 2026
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And these seven crooked cops are just the tip of the MSP jailbird iceberg.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
17 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This is a warhorse expected to pull a buggy around a cottage.—
Jesus R. Garcia,
Houston Chronicle,
1 Feb. 2026
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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
14 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Asking the engineers to stop designing a firing squad chamber for the state of Idaho to execute death-row prisoners.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
1 Apr. 2026
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Levi was part of an emergency response team called to Nantwi’s housing unit to help National Guard members who sought backup after Nantwi was uncooperative during a prisoner headcount.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Rangers chose to carry the Rule 5 draftee on their opening day roster because of a curveball-fastball combination that played well in camp.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
30 Mar. 2026
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These hats are expected to be the ones that new Rams draftees will put on when their names are called at the end of April.—
Tyler Erzberger,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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