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intern

[in-turn] / ˈɪn tɜrn /
NOUN
apprentice
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A graduate of Pepperdine University's law school, Zacharia began her career in Republican politics, working as an intern for the Republican National Committee in 2006, CNN reported.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Always say you’re a junior” is the unofficial motto of students applying for top-flight financial internships, a former Arrowstreet Capital intern told me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The spy - Southampton intern William Salt - is said to have parked at the golf club, then walked a couple of hundred yards down a road that leads to a raised area of ground.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

She worked as a reporter for “Evening Magazine” and co-host of “On Time” on Baltimore television and as a news intern at WTTG-TV and at WOL-AM in Washington, D.C., before joining WHUR-FM.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

“I wanted to ask you to mentor me, you know, I’d work as an intern, do whatever, clean up, anything, because I have to make this sculpture.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Toward the end of his stint at Carnegie Mellon, he interned at Google Brain, the company’s pioneering AI deep-learning research team.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Parra, who is 24, interned in Collins’ congressional office in 2024 and worked as a contractor for a Collins-affiliated political action committee until last year.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

Mitchell’s familiarity with lobbying might also come from experience, with Mitchell having interned at a lobbying firm, according to both Radio Iowa and his biography at Future Caucus, a group that supports young politicians.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2026

After graduating from San Diego State, she interned in the sports department at CBS affiliate KFMB-TV although she didn’t know much about sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

When I returned to the States, I interned in Washington, D.C., focusing on homeland security issues.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

Brennan Drolet, a rising college senior studying finance, is spending this summer interning at a bank in Massachusetts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

Aside from his accomplishments on the football field, Mendoza spent his summers interning at commercial real estate and investing firms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026

Concannon is interning this semester at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office and is set to graduate this spring.

From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026

She moved from Washington back to Southern California in her 50s to restart her journalism career, at one point interning with KPCC, now known as LAist, Dimitri Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

“When I was in graduate school, interning at the museum. I was there on a scholarship for Fair students.”

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff




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