veteran
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Velasco, who is 38 but looks even younger, replaced Juan Ramón de la Fuente, 74, a veteran diplomat and academic who stepped down, he said, for health reasons.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
“Roberto Velasco seems to be a intelligent and well-educated person,” said one veteran Mexican diplomat posted to the United States, who asked to not be named because the person was not authorized to speak.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026
Conagra CAG -2.38%decrease; red down pointing triangle Brands has tapped veteran consumer-products executive John Brase to replace Sean Connolly as president and chief executive of the food maker, effective June 1.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Noam Scheiber, a veteran labor reporter at the New York Times, wants you to believe in the college-educated working class.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Herbert Richardson was a Vietnam War veteran whose nightmarish experiences in brutal conditions left him traumatized and scarred.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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