lifer

Example Sentences

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“Fundamentally, yes, we are competitors, and they are a very foreign competitor,” said Seyfert, an avid elk hunter and U.S. firearms-industry lifer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Davey Lopes was an all time Dodger and baseball lifer.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

The pair told The New York Times' Athletic that, five years on, they still do not fully understand the sport - but Reynolds said he was now "a Wrexham lifer".

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Snead is a scouting and player personnel lifer but also something of a renaissance man.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

Most of the juvenile lifer cases we handled involved clients who shared Evan's confusion about their adolescent behavior.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson