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intern

[in-turn] / ˈɪn tɜrn /
NOUN
apprentice
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BBC Sport also understands that the intern involved, Will Salt, is set to be appointed to a permanent analyst role with the club since the controversy.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Elliot Heath is a video intern and part of the summer 2026 newsroom intern class at The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Mathylda Dulian is a photo intern and part of the summer 2026 newsroom intern class at The Wall Street Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

She has worked at the Hatchet for nearly three years and was previously an intern at the Alexandria Times.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

“Threatening to make me your intern for real?”

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Prior to that, he interned at Bloomberg News on the equities and European technology desks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Mitchell’s familiarity with lobbying might also come from experience, with Mitchell having interned at a lobbying firm, according to both Radio Iowa and his biography at Future Caucus, a group that supports young politicians.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

After graduating from San Diego State, she interned in the sports department at CBS affiliate KFMB-TV although she didn’t know much about sports.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

As a teenager, he interned for Comcast, spending high school and college summers climbing telephone poles and selling cable subscriptions door to door.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

After the war ended, the Japanese and Italian prisoners of war interned at the Greenbrier went home, but Howard Vaughan stayed on, continuing his summer work at the grand hotel alongside Joshua Coleman.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

The importance of career opportunities like networking and interning just wasn’t top of mind for Erle.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Mendoza, a business student, spent his summers interning at commercial real estate and investing firms.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Concannon is interning this semester at the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office and is set to graduate this spring.

From Slate Apr. 6, 2026

A decade later, in 1998, Whitten and Sykes — who at the time was interning for him — were in his home workroom when the phone rang.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 13, 2025

Ginika was buying a dress for a dinner party, hosted by the lawyers she was interning with.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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