Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifers
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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 -
The two had information that a pair of ex-convicts, just out of the state prison at Waupun, were killing deer illegally and selling the meat.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Current’s still one of the most talented teams in the league, boasting such USWNT veterans as Cooper, Sentnor and LaBonta, along with women who’ve played for other countries — Lorena and midfielder Rocky Rodriguez (Costa Rica), for instance.—
PJ Green
April 5,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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When the Navy proposed tearing it down, a coalition of environmentalists, preservationists and veterans formed the Save Hangar One Committee and fought back hard enough to keep it standing.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Apr. 2026
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The Chinese navy is the world’s largest by hull count, with a battle force of more than 370 ships and submarines and more than 140 major surface combatants.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 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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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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On Thursday, as part of the pre-graduation presentations and events, 16 recruits from 11 countries became American citizens in a naturalization ceremony.—
Betsy Badell,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
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Jaelan Phillips, Devin Lloyd and the rest of the Carolina Panthers’ new recruits will begin work at Bank of America Stadium on April 20.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Apr. 2026
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Shailin managed to refer some families to human-rights groups that advocate for prisoners in Iran.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Far-right Israeli politicians celebrated the passage through parliament of a new law that allows execution by hanging, but effectively only for Palestinian prisoners.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 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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Witherspoon, the Red Sox’s first-round draft pick last summer, is part of the club’s new Big Three of premium pitching prospects alongside fellow draftees Marcus Phillips and Anthony Eyanson.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Joining doesn’t come without complications for a country that effectively cannot order its conscripts to fight overseas.—
Liam Denning,
Bloomberg,
12 Mar. 2026
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Anthropocene framing conscripts the work into contemporary climate discourse, rendering its specific engagement with Kazakh nomadic destruction merely illustrative of broader ecological crisis.—
Anel Rakhimzhanova,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Lifers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifers. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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