colleague
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A common scenario involves an executive calling up a former colleague who happened to work with one of the leading job applicants in the past.
From The Wall Street Journal ⢠Jun. 11, 2026
A Pasadena police officer shot and wounded a colleague in the shoulder inside the department’s parking garage last September during an incident the police chief described as “unsafe, out-of-policy horseplay.”
From Los Angeles Times ⢠Jun. 11, 2026
Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills.
From Barron's ⢠Jun. 11, 2026
BBC presenter Tony Livesey has stepped back from his 5 Live show following allegations against his former colleague David Sullivan.
From BBC ⢠Jun. 9, 2026
White’s old colleague, Agent Frank Smith, was among the convoy but survived.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing colleague
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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