highest-ranking
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Menefee’s win came at the same time as Letitia Plummer, who beat seasoned politician and former Houston mayor, Annise Parker, to become the Democratic nominee for Harris County judge, the highest-ranking official in county government.
From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026
Now President Donald Trump's administration is increasingly weighing in, with Vance, a long-term critic of European migration policies, becoming the highest-ranking US official to comment on the killing.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
By 2016, Becerra, 58, was the highest-ranking Latino in Congress when then-Gov.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
The crackdown culminated in January with the purge of Xi’s closest military deputy, Gen. Zhang Youxia—the highest-ranking uniformed member of the party’s Central Military Commission, and one of China’s few senior generals with combat experience.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
The plan had been to find someone to give her information on Bo Yul-Bayur’s location, not to get cozy with the highest-ranking drüskelle on the White Island.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
