rank
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In 2021 her father made her a chief of staff in his private bodyguard, giving her the rank of general.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
Recent polling found that most primary voters planned to rank multiple candidates in the crowded governor’s race.
From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026
A recent study by the Economist showed that 10% of Americans now rank soccer as their favorite sport, making it the third most popular behind football and basketball and narrowly edging out America’s pastime, baseball.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Pepys’s financial corruption, common enough among officials of his rank, is well known, having come out in the unexpurgated edition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
He was lower in rank, but they followed and did everything he suggested, and to preserve their dignity, they teased him.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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"Death of a Naturalist" by Seamus Heaney
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