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Recent Examples of bluecoat
Jackson wasn’t an overnight success: Her ingenue years, after winning a scholarship to RADA, were spent in repertory theater, assorted waitressing and retail jobs, and even as a bluecoat (a kind of performing steward) at a Welsh holiday resort.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 June 2023
Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluecoat
Noun
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The agency is in the process of hiring and onboarding 10,000 additional personnel in its Enforcement and Removal Operations office, which had about 6,500 officers until last year.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Mar. 2026
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Steps from the Capitol's West Front and where the worst of the fighting occurred, workers quietly have installed a plaque honoring the officers, three years after it was required by law to be erected.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The audience gets glimmers of Katie and Greg’s relationship, but the show is bogged down by dull characters like the policeman who seems to have it out for Greg, and even by its focus on Archie’s point of view, which is just a depiction of narcissism and a formulaic pseudo-midlife crisis.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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The alleged kidnapping of Donaldson was the second time this normally rare type of crime — the abduction of a policeman during the course of his job — has occurred in the East Bay in two months.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Off stage, Benedick and Beatrice spar their way toward the aisle, while our bumbling constables take center stage.—
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
7 Mar. 2026
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According to the Brea Museum’s director and curator, Linda Shay, Brea first had a constable, George Bird.—
Terri Daxon,
Oc Register,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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From polished copper to sandy bronze and rich cocoa brown, these are the six spring hair color trends experts predict will define the season.—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
5 Mar. 2026
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Brass is an alloy made of copper and zinc.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Eighth-grader Chris Cantave was the second teen to be shot in Brooklyn within four hours on Friday night, cops said.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Chirino, a cop of four years, had confronted Banegas, who was on a bicycle breaking into cars, when Chirino tried to arrest him, prosecutors say.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Police were told to replace vehicle patrols with bobbies on foot, a speed limit of fifty mph was imposed, and the nation’s three TV channels were ordered to stop broadcasting at 10.30 PM.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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His mother and her sisters, wearing sunglasses and bobby soxer skirts and sweaters.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2024
Noun
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The trooper quickly inspected Krishnamoorthi’s congressional identification and told them to drive the rest of the way under the speed limit, the driver said.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Inside Resecker's truck, Texas Highway Patrol troopers found THC wax and marijuana.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The French police and gendarmes were only relatively satisfied with these results: In the Alpes-Maritimes, two out of three Jews on file had escaped capture (for now).—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, there's enough nonsense, edging into ridiculousness, that the series might best be approached as a black action-comedy — at the end of the opening scene, the gendarmes are splattered with pieces of supermodel — or a very fancy B (maybe C) picture.—
Robert Lloyd,
Houston Chronicle,
21 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Bluecoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluecoat. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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