midshipman
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“It all happens in the heat of the moment,” a midshipman told me.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
She says it was because she refused to name a fellow midshipman who did cheat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
It’s not just that midshipman fish are easier to capture than actual sailors.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024
For talkative midshipman fish -- sometimes called the "California singing fish" -- the midbrain plays a robust role in initiating and patterning of sounds used in vocal communication.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 3, 2024
His elder half-brother, Lawrence, who had been a British officer, saw to it that George was accepted as a midshipman in the Royal Navy.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
Larger midshipmen stay at the bottom, taking the brunt of the weight.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
I’ll always shout “Go Navy! Beat Army!” knowing that the midshipmen and cadets serve a cause greater than self.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
The navy did not want its midshipmen wasting their time on such frivolities.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
A retired Navy commander organized an effort to make the banned books available to midshipmen.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2025
At a half mile, Washington continued to lead by about the same margin, with Syracuse just behind them and the midshipmen of Navy, on their outside, just a few feet behind Syracuse.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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