marshal

Example Sentences

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Attendees had to be turned away from one breakfast meeting with top military brass because of legal limits enforced by a fire marshal.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Mark Sedlander, a defense attorney, said the agents, and at least one deputy U.S. marshal, surrounded and detained his client, Orlando Olivar, shortly after U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

“We all know that a certain buildup was there in the Arabian Sea and the region,” said Sri Lanka Defense Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha, a retired air vice marshal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

As a semiautonomous Danish territory, Greenland is protected by NATO, which would not only marshal the U.S. military to respond to any attack but would also rally the alliance’s other 31 countries.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

But at noon an airplane came in from Nome with word that the weather had cleared ahead, and the marshal sent the drivers off.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell