veteran
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Some months later she was recruited by a friend of her father's – a Tunisian-born French army veteran called Saïd Belhaffaf, who had joined the Resistance.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
No other Nvidia executive is well-known to investors, aside from Chief Financial Officer Colette Kress, a 13-year veteran of the company who speaks on the company’s earnings call and at conferences.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
"This weekend's opening takes the Japanese production to a new level -- it's nearly three times the previous opening in Dec 2023," veteran industry analyst David A. Gross wrote.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026
Barri Worth Girvan, a veteran government employee who ran on a platform of leveraging her experience to advocate for residents, declared victory in the race for Los Angeles City Council’s Third District seat late Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026
For ten years or more, both of her daughters had often, if impotently, conspired to throw out this veteran kimono.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
Plus, a trio of Energy Department veterans is developing modular data centers, and governments and oil producers race to shore up stockpiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Three veterans of President Trump’s Energy Department are getting into the data-center business, the WSJ’s Jennifer Hiller writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Mavria, founded by three veterans of Trump’s Energy Department, has raised money at a $1 billion valuation to build modular data centers that can be shipped by truck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Burnham will ask local authorities to use part of the additional £874m already announced to tackle homelessness specifically for housing veterans.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
He organized celebrations to honor veterans and commemorate anniversaries of the Wall, as well as spearheading fund-raising efforts to keep the memorial in good repair.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
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