lieutenant
Example Sentences
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The world's first helicopter rescue took place a year later, when a US lieutenant rescued four soldiers from behind Japanese lines, according to Smithsonians Air & Space Magazine.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Although his experience in the military informed the types of roles Tolkan would play — Army office, Air Force commander, police lieutenant, attorney — his work as an actor was his passion.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026
Guest: Adam Kinzinger, former Republican Congressman for Illinois’s 11th and 16th districts, Jan 6 Committee member, former lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.
From Slate • Mar. 19, 2026
Known as the Crab, because he was born with an extra finger, the hulking Rodriguez Castro is a lieutenant colonel in the island’s interior ministry in charge of his grandfather’s security detail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
An impersonation of the pompous, blustering second lieutenant.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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