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Recent Examples of lifer
Stealth wealth, drives a Tesla, a bitcoin lifer.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 17 Oct. 2025
The bench mob would be led by five-time All-Star John Wall, plus shooting specialist/famous dad Dell Curry and Miami Heat lifer Udonis Haslem.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Lewis was a Cowboys lifer – having been selected by the team in the sixth round of the 1968 draft out of Mississippi State and staying with the team through the 1981 season.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Even the announcement of company lifer Fiddelke’s ascension to the top job last month was greeted with tumbling stock shares because some investors wanted an outsider.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
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The care team there was able to discuss the pros and cons of different PrEP regimens and knew how to navigate the formulary for Hurley’s insurance.—
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Skinnies are in the mix, according to Draffan, noting how the body-con fit has been picking up momentum on the catwalks for several seasons.—
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The agreement includes bipartisan bills worked out by the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund parts of government — food aid, veterans programs and the legislative branch, among other things.—
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Mills and the Texans’ offense scored a touchdown on all three of their fourth-quarter drives, including the veteran quarterback capping a 14-play, 93-yard drive with a 14-yard run to complete the comeback and give Houston a 30-29 lead — its first of the game.—
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Unless the convict is holding a road sign, our firing squad might miss the entire body.—
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In that case, a 37-year-old convict with more than a year left to serve for theft fled during an outing to a planetarium.—
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Those figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.—
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Colby stands next to Coach — the two combatants from a furious Day 1 challenge exactly 30 seasons ago.—
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At no point has the jailbird shown contrition for her crimes.—
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Excuse me, Ayanna’s husband, a jailbird named Conan Harris, bought the mansion, not the Congresswoman.—
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Osgood Perkins’ Keeper wants to add a few wrinkles to this old warhorse’s mix.—
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Peeke, a warhorse all night, stepped into it and blasted a slapper that broke through Ullmark and hit the post.—
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According to multiple sources inside and outside Venezuela, Cabello has effectively halted the prisoner release process by blocking the execution of court orders authorizing their freedom — a move that underscores the depth of the internal rupture.—
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One of the more memorable detours in Marty Supreme involves Marty's friend and colleague Béla (Géza Röhrig) telling a story about his time as a prisoner at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.—
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Yes, rookie draftees got playing opportunities but none was a standout, and the top two picks were closer to disappointments than successes.—
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The latest mockery of the college student-athlete made his debut Saturday, when a 2023 draftee of the Detroit Pistons and pro player in Spain came off the bench for the Baylor Bears here in 2026.—
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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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