sergeant
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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
A sergeant saw the rider, who police said was trying “to bait officers into a pursuit,” and called it in.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Last but not least, Thomas references a case about a deceased Air Force sergeant in Beck v.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
A soldier, probably a leader or sergeant, gave what sounded like three deep chest coughs, and at each cough the soldiers moved.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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
Both are senior to police constables, sergeants and inspectors and below the rank of commander and assistant and deputy commissioners.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025
Its drill sergeants are on Cam and the rest of his new platoon like flies on dung from the moment they wake until they go to sleep.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
Among them were the two sergeants who had confronted Marx outside her home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
The two sergeants hoisted her bodily into the cockpit and wedged her in.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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