lieutenant
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He is a former Army lieutenant who joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A few weeks later, according to the memo, the lieutenant, Joseph Garrido, noticed the money was still in his account.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
Interim charges are lists of issues that the lieutenant governor and speaker give to their respective chamber’s committees to study during the period between legislative sessions.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
He graduated from the Kharkiv Institute of Tank Troops in 2004 and began serving as a lieutenant.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
He was just an archivist, and she was an officer in the goblin army, a lieutenant.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
Jonathan answered our questions inside a narrow room in a breeze block house, with his lieutenants crowding in.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
From what my lieutenants tell me, it’s being well-received, the numbers are good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He often delegates difficult conversations to trusted lieutenants.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Last week, the last of Wang’s five top lieutenants, dubbed the “Five Tiger Generals,” was hauled away for investigation by the very apparatus Wang helped build.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Men began to wear their handkerchiefs in their sleeves and some foppish lieutenants carried swagger sticks.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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