lieutenant
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The former lieutenant governor of Ohio was appointed to be the state’s junior U.S. senator in 2025, after JD Vance became vice president.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
“It’s like whack-a-mole, you need to be very quick and have multiple drones in the air,” according to Volodymyr Dehtyarov, a lieutenant and spokesman with the Khartiia Brigade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
He is represented in Ottawa by a governor general and in the provinces by lieutenant governors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
He operates in the corridors as a kind of unofficial lieutenant to his mother, bringing cheer and care to his fellow students, spreading sunshine all over the place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Funny thing, me wanting to get back for a meeting with the lieutenant.
From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor
Jonathan answered our questions inside a narrow room in a breeze block house, with his lieutenants crowding in.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
From what my lieutenants tell me, it’s being well-received, the numbers are good.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
He often delegates difficult conversations to trusted lieutenants.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Last week, the last of Wang’s five top lieutenants, dubbed the “Five Tiger Generals,” was hauled away for investigation by the very apparatus Wang helped build.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Men began to wear their handkerchiefs in their sleeves and some foppish lieutenants carried swagger sticks.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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