lieutenant
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“In any combat situation, you’re going to run into issues,” said Gonzalez, the lieutenant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
Employees in the legislative office building and in a nearby building temporarily used to house members of the Legislature, the governor and lieutenant governor were not affected, according to the email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 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
But when the lieutenant returned to the room a guard from the women’s wing was with him.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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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
While Matty Cash, Tyrone Mings and Emi Buendia started against Sociedad, many of Emery's trusted lieutenants were missing.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He often delegates difficult conversations to trusted lieutenants.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
When both were second lieutenants, Bull had the makings of a good drill instructor while Virgil had the stuff to command many divisions of Marines.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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