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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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The risk assessment seeks to conclude whether the brothers — who for decades have been model prisoners who have focused on helping other inmates heal trauma— now pose an unreasonable risk to public safety if they are released.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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Elijah’s time in uniform comes to an ignominious end when the Union takes him prisoner.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Fellow inmate Christopher Scarver bludgeoned the serial killer and another inmate to death in 1994.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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Dale Huttle served about six months of a 2 1/2-year sentence at FCI Thomson, a federal prison near the Illinois-Iowa border, before he was released on Jan. 20, according to a federal inmate search.—
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the 1974 crime drama, Hawn plays a Texas woman who, along with her escaped convict husband (William Atherton), takes a police officer hostage in an effort to prevent their young son from being placed in foster care.—
John Russell,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Three of the doc shorts tell dauntingly serious stories about a convict on death row, a survivor of a school shooting, and a murder in Chicago told through police body-cam footage.—
David Bloom,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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However, the focus of the con is noticeably widening.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Contrary to its fellow fats like butter and extra virgin olive oil, which both infuse recipes with noticeable flavor, vegetable shortening is neutral—which can be a pro or a con, depending on your goals with a dish.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2025
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