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Recent Examples of lifer
That’s how a baseball lifer ends up without baseball.
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Barry Svrluga,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
And Rudd, as the happy mid-lifer who can’t help wanting a little more, is appealing in that characteristically boyish, Rudd-like way, though there’s also something deeply wistful about him.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 May 2026
Dude’s an Avs lifer, as well as being the guy who won UCHealth’s Cale Makar lookalike contest at Ball Arena back on May 13.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
One more football lifer fighting for his dream.
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Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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Barry Svrluga,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
And Rudd, as the happy mid-lifer who can’t help wanting a little more, is appealing in that characteristically boyish, Rudd-like way, though there’s also something deeply wistful about him.
—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 May 2026
Dude’s an Avs lifer, as well as being the guy who won UCHealth’s Cale Makar lookalike contest at Ball Arena back on May 13.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
One more football lifer fighting for his dream.
—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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What are the cons of investing in gold?
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Read this for details of how to download and read on for the pros and cons of installing the new software now.
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And a quieter sky genuinely matters to veterans with PTSD, to parents of sensory-sensitive kids, and to every dog that spends the Fourth wedged under a bed.
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Condrey is a writer, veteran and formerly homeless resident of San Diego.
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The teaser also offers glimpses of Vincent Lindon as Jean Valjean, the ex-convict who rebuilds his life as a benevolent industrialist, and Tahar Rahim as Inspector Javert, Valjean’s relentless nemesis.
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Written by Evan Cooper, Blood On The Promontory finds five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.
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Advertisement The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) claimed that over 1,700 Hezbollah combatants died during operations in Lebanon.
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But the combatants kept grasping and tugging each other off-balance.
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But these jailbirds aren’t using their own fingers to fire off missives or create clones.
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And these seven crooked cops are just the tip of the MSP jailbird iceberg.
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Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
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Perhaps most notably, the annual opera program will divert from the Pacific Symphony’s traditional Verdi and Puccini Italian operatic warhorses.
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Former death row prisoner Richard Glossip, left, speaks to media after exiting a detention facility after being granted bond while awaiting retrial, May 14, 2026, in Oklahoma City.
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The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue them under a federal law designed to protect the religious rights of prisoners.
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None of the state’s previous four draftees completed that path.
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Four former draftees are defensemen, ranging from selections in the 2021-2024 draft.
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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