civil servant

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Just under three weeks later, it was announced Sir Olly Robbins had been appointed the new Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office, its most senior civil servant.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

“I used to think of myself as a civil servant, providing entertainment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Williams, a retired civil servant who is undergoing cancer treatment, considers her pension to be "fairly decent," but as the US cost of living has risen, she has had to dip into her savings.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

In 2013, Grace denied that her husband was accumulating wealth while in office, saying her husband did not earn as much as people thought as he was a civil servant.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Self-taught, the youngest daughter of a senior civil servant.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan