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veteran

[vet-er-uhn, ve-truhn] / ˈvɛt ər ən, ˈvɛ trən /




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“We are not in a simulation,” a veteran White House reporter told me.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

In the wake of Euro 2025, some wondered whether she might join Fishlock and fellow veteran Kayleigh Barton by calling time on her Wales career.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The campaign was led by Gregory Bovino, a veteran Border Patrol chief who normally presided over a remote stretch of sand and scrub deep in the state’s Imperial Valley.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

The editing, by studio veteran Henry Berman, is jagged and jumpy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

One veteran on board was Gilbert de la O. It had been sixteen tough years since he’d returned from Vietnam in 1966, and he wasn’t going to miss the dedication for anything.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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