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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According to the organization's website, more than 23,000 officers have died in the line of duty since 1786.
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Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Federal prosecutors said at trial that Fiore, 54, had raised more than $70,000 for the statue of a Las Vegas police officer who was fatally shot in 2014 in the line of duty, but had instead spent some of it on cosmetic surgery, rent, and her daughter’s wedding.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
Jonathan Diller was fatally shot in the line of duty, mourners and top NYPD brass on Tuesday packed a Long Island church where the slain cop’s wife and toddler were among those remembering his legacy.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2025
Given his job is to keep the president alive, the safe assumption would be that Xavier was hurt in the line of duty.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Jenna Dejong, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Federal prosecutors said at trial that Fiore, 54, had raised more than $70,000 for the statue of a Las Vegas police officer who was fatally shot in 2014 in the line of duty, but had instead spent some of it on cosmetic surgery, rent, and her daughter’s wedding.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Apr. 2025
Jonathan Diller was fatally shot in the line of duty, mourners and top NYPD brass on Tuesday packed a Long Island church where the slain cop’s wife and toddler were among those remembering his legacy.
—Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2025
Given his job is to keep the president alive, the safe assumption would be that Xavier was hurt in the line of duty.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 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 23 May. 2025.
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