veteran
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Most notably, punter and nine-year veteran JK Scott was released alongside running back Jaret Patterson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Texas banking veteran Gerald J. Ford built his fortune buying distressed or undervalued banks and flipping them for big profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
A World War Two veteran who took part in the D-Day landings has died aged 105.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Organized by veteran civil rights leader Al Sharpton and led by King's son Martin Luther King III, the demonstration drew support from more than 90 civil rights, labor, faith and community organizations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
He walked down the curious ranks, ugly as ever, self-conscious, ashamed, a veteran going to be broken.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Quinta Brunson’s scraping schoolteacher Janine Teagues in “Abbott Elementary” hopes to grow into the roles modeled by classroom veterans before rent and bills push her out of the profession.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
If you ever had the chance to talk to World War II veterans, you know they believed they were fighting for “freedom” against the scourge of fascism.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Still-living Marine veterans of World War II share their memories of recruitment, comradeship, combat and loss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Lawton is one of many veterans from across the UK who contacted BBC Your Voice after receiving letters out of the blue seeking money they didn't know they owed.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Sometimes, as I said, she did things to impress the veterans at our expense.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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