trainee

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One of the first things you do as a Mobil Oil trainee is you learn how to drive the tractor, turn it on, pull the lever.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

But a week ago, a trainee paramedic spoke to the BBC about how she is now looking for work abroad because of a recruitment freeze in Wales.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

The 19-year-old trainee teacher and power plant engineer, who was 25, were looking forward to married life in the newly built Soviet city of Pripyat.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

A gladiator, it seems, moved up the ranks—often through training and victories in the arena—“like a trainee orator moving from imaginary speeches to those of the courtroom.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Elsie explains that this is her Junior Researcher trainee lab partner, Gemma, and I instantly feel jealous.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston