veteran

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Last week, Air India's rival IndiGo, which is India's largest airline, named aviation industry veteran Willie Walsh as its new chief to help the company grow amid such pressures.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Had five students done what a veteran homicide detective had failed to do more than 30 years earlier?

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The home in question has been at the center of a number of controversies—and was the source of a legal battle between Perry, 40, and the home’s former owner, veteran Carl Westcott.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Vescovi, a 23-year veteran of the department, had been one of the first officers to arrive at Camp Swamp Road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Eunice Smith lived three blocks down, and Katherine delighted in learning that her soror, neighbor, and fellow worshipper was also a nine-year West Computing veteran.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly