lieutenant
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Rita called one of the chief investigators, Bobby Bowen, a sheriff’s lieutenant, and urged him to speak with Roebuck, who was able to talk now that a tube had been removed from his mouth.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
He won the World Series with the Texas Rangers as Bruce Bochy’s top lieutenant in 2023 and was widely viewed as one of the industry’s most promising managers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
According to Flores, he began surreptitiously recording his colleagues after their inappropriate commentary got so bad that one day a police lieutenant warned them that if they continued, they would “bring down the whole department.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Interim charges are lists of issues that the lieutenant governor and speaker give to their respective chamber’s committees to study during the period between legislative sessions.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026
The twenty-three-year-old lieutenant got out his binoculars and scanned the landscape beyond the fences of the American base.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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While Matty Cash, Tyrone Mings and Emi Buendia started against Sociedad, many of Emery's trusted lieutenants were missing.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
From what my lieutenants tell me, it’s being well-received, the numbers are good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He often delegates difficult conversations to trusted lieutenants.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
The authorities escalated further, arresting Audias Flores, El Mencho's presumed successor, as well as his top accountant and other lieutenants.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Gary Drake and Wayne Nashend'd come as his lieutenants.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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