on duty

Example Sentences

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About 15 minutes after the collision, the controller is still on duty, radioing to a Frontier pilot lined up for the same runway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Homendy said the inquiry was ongoing and would include interviews with the two controllers on duty on Sunday night.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The accused include the station master on duty on the night of the accident, other railway officials and two Italian former employees of the trains' parent company, Ferrovie dello Stato.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Battalion Chief Mario Garcia was on duty again that day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

The policeman on duty at the guard post was Rolf himself.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom