sergeant
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When quizzed about the animal - called Pablo - a sergeant claimed Sangster's partner McNeil told him she was a "trainee shepherdess."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
A former Garden Grove police sergeant was arrested by the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The beast and the retired command sergeant major know each other better than they know anyone else, and they don’t particularly need anyone else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The following day, police sergeant Sidney Short served him with a summons.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
A sergeant stood in the center of the road and raised his rifle.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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“Every day witnessed the promotion of sergeants or even corporals to company and battalion commanders.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Evidence was gathered from a survey of nearly 2,000 sergeants and inspectors, expert round-table discussions and more than 400 responses to an open call for evidence.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
She said she was “shocked” when one of the sergeants conducting the interview began making uncomfortable remarks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 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
Fifteen or twenty minutes later, sergeants were interviewing DiPaola and Davis—they had been working on those same galleries—as well as other officers who had been involved.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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