general
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In 2021 her father made her a chief of staff in his private bodyguard, giving her the rank of general.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
“Congressional Democratic support of legislation that would undercut Democratic governors and attorneys general is a long shot, in our view,” wrote Stifel Chief Washington Policy Strategist Brian Gardner in a research note this week.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The billionaire founder of Amazon.com is co-leading a new AI business called Prometheus, which plans to build an “artificial general engineer” that can design and manufacture complex physical products such as a jet engine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
The models successfully reproduced the general asymmetry caused by temperature differences, but the observed effect was stronger than predicted.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
However, the feeling he was picking up from her was not anger with him but at the world in general.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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