be promoted
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By passing a civil-service exam, for example, subway-station cleaners can be promoted to station agents, then station supervisors—a job that starts at $33.33 an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
If Martin was going to be promoted to the regular roster at some point, they would have to cut a player.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026
The new secretary of the Army, Pete Geren, was handed a list of the Army generals who would serve on that year’s panel to select which colonels would be promoted to one-star general.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Fast forward 18 months, and Coventry will be promoted as champions.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
That afternoon, orders came through for Brunner and Lobel to be promoted to sergeant, and everybody else in the squad moved up to corporal.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
