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veteran

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




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“We are not in a simulation,” a veteran White House reporter told me.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

In the wake of Euro 2025, some wondered whether she might join Fishlock and fellow veteran Kayleigh Barton by calling time on her Wales career.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

“Others are going to follow suit,” said Beth Steinberg, a veteran human-resources executive who has spent much of her career at technology companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The campaign was led by Gregory Bovino, a veteran Border Patrol chief who normally presided over a remote stretch of sand and scrub deep in the state’s Imperial Valley.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

The adjudicator was Liz Hansen, a veteran high school drama director in Iowa and officer with the theater association.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove




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