veteran
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Ms. Phillips’s father was a World War II veteran and a failed businessman, the offspring of a once-proud Confederate family; he bore his humiliations with laconic stoicism.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Whether you are a veteran investor, a novice or a trader, it is useful to be reminded of fundamental principles that can help you to stay disciplined as you build wealth.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
“We are not in a simulation,” a veteran White House reporter told me.
From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026
Ashton had a long-standing creative partnership with veteran producer and actor Neil Zeiger, who persuaded Brian Cox that he should not only star in the film, but direct it.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Without my music, I had wandered Tarbean for years, half-alive, like a crippled veteran or one of the walking dead.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing veteran
Veterans Day Vocabulary
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