on duty
Example Sentences
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Witnesses I spoke with were unanimous on one detail: “Only one of the three officers on duty that night tried to do anything.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
The crimes are alleged to have taken place between 1995 and 2004 while the officers were on duty as constables.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
His comments to me are like … ‘Any other lifeguard on duty would do the same thing I did.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Gil was on duty in the basement of the Sol Marino Garden Residences in Catia La Mar, on the Venezuelan coast, when at 6:04 p.m. on that Wednesday, the earth shook and swallowed him.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
Soon there was a new guard on duty, sitting on the chair opposite them, and they asked him where they were supposed to sleep.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
