as in lieutenant
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In 2021, the City of North Providence, Rhode Island, tried to fire Scott Feeley, a police sergeant charged with a whole rash of violations.
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Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
During the symposium, bodycam footage was shared of when sergeant with the Lafayette, Colorado, Police Department responded to an unresponsive teen who had taken an opioid, unaware it was laced with a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Zhao, an active-duty Army supply sergeant, allegedly began conspiring to obtain and send national defense information to people in China sometime in July 2024.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
Zhao, a battery supply sergeant was assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade and Tian is a health services administrator.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
During the symposium, bodycam footage was shared of when sergeant with the Lafayette, Colorado, Police Department responded to an unresponsive teen who had taken an opioid, unaware it was laced with a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl.
—Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2025
Zhao, an active-duty Army supply sergeant, allegedly began conspiring to obtain and send national defense information to people in China sometime in July 2024.
—Elizabeth Pritchett, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
Zhao, a battery supply sergeant was assigned to the 17th Field Artillery Brigade and Tian is a health services administrator.
—Karina Tsui, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sergeant. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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