sergeant
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Goosebumps blossomed on my skin as Mexico’s head coach Javier Aguirre, he of a stern face and gray haircut worthy of a drill sergeant, beamed while singing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
"The detective sergeant in the cyber-crime team called me up and said: 'Sit down, we've got him,'" McGuinness said.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Last but not least, Thomas references a case about a deceased Air Force sergeant in Beck v.
From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026
Army in 2021, and is a staff sergeant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
This was received as rather neat in the sergeant; insomuch that Mr. Pumblechook cried audibly, “Good again!”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
It will be made up of an inspector, three sergeants and 45 constables.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
The Americans killed in the Palmyra attack last weekend were Iowa National Guard sergeants William Howard and Edgar Torres Tovar, and Ayad Mansoor Sakat, a civilian from Michigan who worked as an interpreter.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Its drill sergeants are on Cam and the rest of his new platoon like flies on dung from the moment they wake until they go to sleep.
From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025
A former captain said Baca had personally approved the plan to send sergeants to Marx’s house, adding: “his advice to us was just not to put handcuffs on her.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
Bonello had two sergeants of engineers on the seat of his car with him.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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