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Recent Examples of jailbird
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.
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Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
When Canton jailbird selectman Chris Albert did six months in prison in 1994 for a hit-and-run homicide, who was his lawyer?
A. Judge Auntie Bev
B. Meatball Morrissey
C. Auntie Bev’s brother
D. Adam Lally
2.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 July 2024
Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Movies Review: ‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ pairs two singing jailbirds but skimps on supervillainy
Oct. 4, 2024
The movie was expected to fall short of the original’s impressive debut after generating only $7 million in Thursday previews.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third husband who also ended an embezzler and a jailbird.
—Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
The jailbird and guard stayed in touch over the phone, according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 May 2022
Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 22 June 2021
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
When Canton jailbird selectman Chris Albert did six months in prison in 1994 for a hit-and-run homicide, who was his lawyer?
A. Judge Auntie Bev
B. Meatball Morrissey
C. Auntie Bev’s brother
D. Adam Lally
2.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 July 2024
Plot: Homer acquires Snake’s luxurious hair after the jailbird is sent to the electric chair.
—Joshua Kurp, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Movies Review: ‘Joker: Folie á Deux’ pairs two singing jailbirds but skimps on supervillainy
Oct. 4, 2024
The movie was expected to fall short of the original’s impressive debut after generating only $7 million in Thursday previews.
—Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Twenty years later, an actress named Selma Vaz Dias, who wanted to dramatize Good Morning, Midnight on the radio, found her living in poverty and obscurity in the English countryside with a third husband who also ended an embezzler and a jailbird.
—Vivian Gornick, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2023
The jailbird and guard stayed in touch over the phone, according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 11 May 2022
Rick Flag, who attempts to keep our jailbird antiheroes in line.
—Clark Collis, EW.com, 22 June 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jailbird
Noun
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Read more Trump family channels American royalty: Body language experts' verdicts Full list of January 6 prisoners released by Trump Trump to launch executive order blitz on first full day: Live updates Can Trump's External Revenue Service collect money from foreign nations?—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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Healthcare costs, inefficiencies associated with old buildings and excessive overtime to meet the demands of supervising 150,000 prisoners 24/7 continues to drive expenses.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Two of the inmates who received commutations, Shannon Agofsky and Len Davis, filed petitions to reject the clemency action earlier this month, arguing that accepting it could hinder their appeals.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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State prisons, including San Quentin in Marin County where serious felons are housed, are allowed to release inmates to federal officers.—
Sierra Lopez,
The Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But one of the convicts used the slack security measures during rehearsals to plan a bank robbery, which ended up in the murder of two police officers, known as the infamous Malexander shootings of 1999.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hundreds of convicts got full pardons; 14 members of far-right groups accused of sedition had their sentences commuted; and all others with ongoing cases will eventually have their charges dismissed.—
Jonathan Swan,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Discuss the pros and cons of Klonopin and alternative medications for seizures and anxiety to optimize your health.—
Megan Nunn, PharmD,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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Consider the pros and cons of taking a fiber supplement in the morning, afternoon, or evening, and aim to be consistent.—
Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN,
Health,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Jailbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbird. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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