low-ranking
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Taiwanese military investigators, law-enforcement authorities and prosecutors interviewed for this article described a trend in China’s effort: the increasing use of messaging apps and online loan offers to target low-ranking members of Taiwan’s armed forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Starting out as a low-ranking official in the ruling party, he rose to become foreign minister and then served as chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly for nearly all of Kim Jong Il's reign.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
At trial, Sexton’s attorney portrayed him as an “overeager kid” trying to help the FBI, a low-ranking jailer who exaggerated his importance in the scheme.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
Whereas low-ranking females frequently travel great distances in search of food, the matriarchs spend more time nursing their offspring in communal clan dens.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 29, 2024
“Not at all. He was almost genteel as highwaymen go. I had him pegged as a low-ranking officer before he deserted.”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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