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Wearing a headscarf to hold back her flowing white curls, the 57-year-old nurse said Vladimir had recently graduated from a local naval academy.

From Reuters • May 23, 2022

“And I am very aware of that, and I am very happy. For a guy who stood at the bottom of his class at the naval academy, we’ve come a hell of a long way.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2017

Once in office, President Adams embraced Clay’s American System and proposed a national university and naval academy to train future leaders of the republic.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Instead of junior officers, the naval academy now houses more than 2,000 refugees, a fraction of the 70,000 people displaced by the Libyan revolution and scattered across the country.

From Slate • May 22, 2012

My mother used to say if he applied himself, he could get into the naval academy.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings