be promoted

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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

Coventry City will be promoted to the Premier League if they get a point away to Blackburn Rovers on Friday.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Employees at companies receiving top ranks overall are more likely to earn more, stay at least three years, be promoted within five years and land a better job elsewhere once they leave.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

From fewer opportunities to be promoted to perceived competence at a job, researchers have found that mothers earn less money with each additional child they have.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

When the last priest had left, harangued back to Athens after a mere three months, the family had hoped that Father Mike might be promoted.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides