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veteran

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




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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

A 24-year NBA veteran, James spent the previous eight seasons with the Lakers before signing with the 76ers as a free agent this summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● 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

With Dallaire, “everything is backed by data,” said Lisa Utzschneider, a veteran ad tech executive who worked with Dallaire at Amazon more than a decade ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

He was a printing veteran whose hands bore the scars of the clunky outdated presses, several fingers misshapen from old fractures and curled inward like claws.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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

Three veterans of President Trump’s Energy Department whose work focused on nuclear power reforms are getting into the data-center business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 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

The Chelsea Pensioners - retired British Army veterans - were also among those in attendance, while several armed forces bands took to the stage to perform, including the Band of Royal Air Force Regiment.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026

Then they visited the Soldiers’ Home in Washington, a retirement home for old and disabled veterans.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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