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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
But for the rest of us — for the Joao Felix lifers, the Joao Felix holdouts, the Joao Felix evangelicals — there remains a thin sliver of hope to grasp.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
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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
But for the rest of us — for the Joao Felix lifers, the Joao Felix holdouts, the Joao Felix evangelicals — there remains a thin sliver of hope to grasp.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
Noun
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What are the pros and cons of filing for a tax extension, according to experts?—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
12 Apr. 2025
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What are the pros and cons of a smart fridge in a home?—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
11 Apr. 2025
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Before the game, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller said veteran pitcher Yu Darvish was progressing in playing catch, but there was no specific timetable for his return from elbow inflammation.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The union represents nurses caring for patients' physical and mental health at veterans facilities around the country.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2025
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The comedy follows a young convict fresh out of prison (Efron) who takes a reality TV courtroom hostage blaming the megalomaniac TV judge (Ferrell) for a past ruling that the convict feels ruined his life.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
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Hernandez joins a growing list of MAGA convicts who have found trouble waiting for them after Trump cleared them of their actions that day.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 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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Israel's offensive in Gaza has killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave's Health Ministry, which doesn't say whether those killed are civilians or combatants.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
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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Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.—
Joshua Kurp,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 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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Wang had held numerous talks with Waltz’s predecessor, Jake Sullivan, including an exchange that led to a rare prisoner swap.—
Beijing and Washington Bureaus,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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While in jail, Dean bonds with Zoro, a grim and mysterious teenage prisoner serving time for murder.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Apr. 2025
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From 1910 to 2001, the Liberty Crest Apartments were known as the Lorton Reformatory, a prison in Lorton, Virginia that housed inmates from Washington, D.C. It is more widely known as the site where many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2025
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An escaped California inmate wanted for killing the leader of an elite Mexican police unit while on the run was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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