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lieutenant

[loo-ten-uhnt, lef-ten-uhnt] / luˈtɛn ənt, lɛfˈtɛn ənt /


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The lieutenant governor currently serves as acting governor when the governor leaves the state.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Before Inouye took an interest, Congress didn’t even know our companies existed,” a longtime Loui lieutenant wrote in a 1998 op-ed.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Rita called one of the chief investigators, Bobby Bowen, a sheriff’s lieutenant, and urged him to speak with Roebuck, who was able to talk now that a tube had been removed from his mouth.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

According to Flores, he began surreptitiously recording his colleagues after their inappropriate commentary got so bad that one day a police lieutenant warned them that if they continued, they would “bring down the whole department.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Once the South took control of the submarine, Confederate navy lieutenant John Payne volunteered to be its captain.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

Mohammed, also known as "KSM," was considered one of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants before he was captured in March 2003 in Pakistan.

From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026

He was reluctant to report the wrongdoing, he said, because one of the lieutenants had boasted that he knew a lot of people in Internal Affairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

One of O'Neill's most trusted lieutenants, he's contracted until 2030 but reports have suggested a potential return to Spain, so just how important is he to Celtic?

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

He often delegates difficult conversations to trusted lieutenants.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

He thought: body not much good but the mind works well. l\vo young lieutenants sat down near him, chewing on com dodgers.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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