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veteran

[vet-er-uhn, ve-truhn] / ˈvɛt ər ən, ˈvɛ trən /




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Steve Capus, a veteran network producer who worked with Pelley at the “CBS Evening News,” said his former colleague was built for the meticulous work that goes into every “60 Minutes” segment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

In one U.S. example, former Central Intelligence Agency officer Kevin Mallory, a military veteran who spoke Mandarin Chinese, was convicted in 2018 of selling U.S. government secrets to China.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

He is "a political veteran and perennial presidential prospect with name recognition few in his party can match," Gi-Wook Shin, a sociology professor at Stanford University, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Finally, what about another relative veteran, Romelu Lukaku?

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

And yet Ken still struggled with what veteran spies called "seeing ghosts," the psychological habit of believing that you are being watched by the enemy.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau




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