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sergeant

[sahr-juhnt] / ˈsɑr dʒənt /




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While the sergeant stopped to investigate, police dispatchers were simultaneously getting 911 calls about the incident, according to the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Other times, a sergeant holds a personal grudge, or the officers on your cellblock simply don’t like you.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

"I went in and did the interview and by the time I came out the old custody sergeant had been to Eason's and bought it, so I did my first signing in Bangor custody suite."

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

“Will it? Then will you set about it at once, blacksmith?” said the off-hand sergeant, “as it’s on his Majesty’s service. And if my men can bear a hand anywhere, they’ll make themselves useful.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

“Every day witnessed the promotion of sergeants or even corporals to company and battalion commanders.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

It will be made up of an inspector, three sergeants and 45 constables.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

She said she was “shocked” when one of the sergeants conducting the interview began making uncomfortable remarks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026

The Americans killed in the Palmyra attack last weekend were Iowa National Guard sergeants William Howard and Edgar Torres Tovar, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a civilian from Michigan who worked as an interpreter.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

Many sergeants and officers, and certainly most inmates, were glad she was going.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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