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sergeant

[sahr-juhnt] / ˈsɑr dʒənt /




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“We make sure that their drone cannot hear its operators,” said a sergeant at the workshop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

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

The sergeant gazed at him for a long minute.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

In 2024, the same union survey concluded that Barragan’s performance was “very good,” but said that his choices for lieutenants and sergeants “lack operational experience.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 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

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

In the Army, there is an old expression that the officers make the orders and the sergeants do all the work; this year, as a cadet platoon sergeant, I was learning how true that was.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore


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