advance man

Example Sentences

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But he got a taste for scoops as an advance man to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Thanks to a Kennedy advance man named Murray Richtel, who picked up a copy of the flight manifest that day at LAX, we know who was aboard.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2018

He previously worked as an advance man in the Clinton White House.

From Slate • May 24, 2017

Finally there is George Gigicos, one of the few in Trump’s club with previous White House experience, having served as an advance man for President George W. Bush.

From Time • Jan. 20, 2017

She’s an aerialist and she got the straight scoop from a good authority—her spotter heard Uncle Al and the advance man exchanging heated words outside the big top.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen