colleague
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Her former colleague Pete Hegseth, now secretary of defense, sold more than 300,000 copies of his last two books, both of which were military grievance memoirs.
From Salon • Apr. 18, 2026
Ali Nasreddine, a colleague and former classmate, had known Serhan, a father of an eight-year-old girl, for over 30 years.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
According to his colleague at an escrow company, Milstein said, new escrows have increased up to 50% in markets across L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
At the urging of an Atlantic Canada colleague in the Liberal ranks, d’Entremont said he agreed to meet with Carney in November.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
She told the nurses that she was an old colleague of his.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing colleague
Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Vocabulary from "There Will Never Be an Age of Artificial Intimacy," by Sherry Turkle
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