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veteran

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




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“Others are going to follow suit,” said Beth Steinberg, a veteran human-resources executive who has spent much of her career at technology companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Mills is in a Democratic primary race against Iraq war veteran Graham Platner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 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

A veteran of 25 missions from 1992 to 2011, Endeavour arrived in L.A. in 2012 during a widely watched journey atop a modified Boeing 747, followed by a slow procession through city streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Now he is a veteran of a perilous pilgrimage by children, many of whom come looking for their mothers and travel any way they Enrique’s Journey can.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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