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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When a firefighter dies in the line of duty, a small team of federal health workers is often called on to pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2025
Children of service members or first responders killed or injured in the line of duty.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Some took flowers from a bucket on their way inside to place at a memorial wall honoring 99 USAID workers killed in the line of duty over the agency's six decades.
—Gary Fields and Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
To tear down the memorial panel at USAID headquarters, honoring staff members who died in the line of duty.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 21 Apr. 2025
Children of service members or first responders killed or injured in the line of duty.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
Some took flowers from a bucket on their way inside to place at a memorial wall honoring 99 USAID workers killed in the line of duty over the agency's six decades.
—Gary Fields and Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2025
To tear down the memorial panel at USAID headquarters, honoring staff members who died in the line of duty.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 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 2 May. 2025.
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