in the line of duty
idiom
: while doing one's job
a soldier/policeman/fireman who was killed in the line of duty
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First responders across Los Angeles County are mourning the death of an Alhambra police officer who was killed in the line of duty early Thursday after a police pursuit ended in a violent crash.
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Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 21 Nov. 2025
He was joined by the late Hunter Simoncic, a KCK police officer who also died in the line of duty in August, and Jared Timbrook, a Lee’s Summit Police Department Officer who was shot while on duty in June and survived.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
Her husband, Freddie Woodruff, was killed in the line of duty in post-Soviet Georgia in 1993.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Corder, a six-year police veteran, would die three days later, on June 29, at a local hospital, becoming the sixth Milwaukee police officer to die in the line of duty since 2018.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 21 Nov. 2025
He was joined by the late Hunter Simoncic, a KCK police officer who also died in the line of duty in August, and Jared Timbrook, a Lee’s Summit Police Department Officer who was shot while on duty in June and survived.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
Her husband, Freddie Woodruff, was killed in the line of duty in post-Soviet Georgia in 1993.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2025
Corder, a six-year police veteran, would die three days later, on June 29, at a local hospital, becoming the sixth Milwaukee police officer to die in the line of duty since 2018.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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“In the line of duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20line%20of%20duty. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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