veteran
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Every veteran touring musician knows that the best way to snap the audience to attention is to stop singing during their biggest hit and invite the audience to take up the slack.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"I felt much better immediately after the worst exposure of my career," said Marquez, a 25-year veteran of firefighting, who has battled with health issues for years.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Sherin argues that gathering places like coffee shops, barber shops and structured activities like job training are as critical as housing for veteran well-being.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
A British-born veteran of Vietnam, he concluded after the 1993 bombing that the terrorists would return, and he rigorously rehearsed evacuation plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
One of the people being held at gunpoint was Sergeant Bruce Prothero, a thirty-five-year-old, thirteen-year veteran of the Baltimore County police department.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
While the $250 million investment won’t solve the housing affordability crisis alone, industry veterans say it will help spur additional investments and lead to more housing being built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
But he said he wouldn’t trust the VA to conduct that process because of its failure to disclose that many veterans answering a survey expressed interest in a hotel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
And investors may have underappreciated just how strong second-quarter earnings were, according to Patrick Palfrey, head of portfolio strategy at Seaport Research Partners, a Chicago-based research firm staffed by many Wall Street veterans.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Uganda is pulling out of the Invictus Games, a sports event for wounded military veterans run by the Duke of Sussex, only two months after the country said it would join.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
When I visited the Vietnam memorial several years ago and began my quest to find and speak with veterans, I quickly realized I knew very little about the war and the politics surrounding it.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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