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According to a news release and video from the Utah Highway Patrol, a sergeant responded to multiple reports about the wrong-way driver on Interstate 15.
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
He's backed by John Shagan (Martin McCann), a former military sergeant who lost his pregnant fiancée during an invasion by Guatemalan soldiers into Belize, which used to be a Crown colony.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Grier’s practicality and grit came from her background, growing up as the daughter of an Air Force sergeant who moved the family around the world before landing in Denver, Colorado when Grier was a teenager.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Both the sergeant and the suspect were injured in the crash but have since been released from the hospital, Aurora police said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
He's backed by John Shagan (Martin McCann), a former military sergeant who lost his pregnant fiancée during an invasion by Guatemalan soldiers into Belize, which used to be a Crown colony.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Grier’s practicality and grit came from her background, growing up as the daughter of an Air Force sergeant who moved the family around the world before landing in Denver, Colorado when Grier was a teenager.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Both the sergeant and the suspect were injured in the crash but have since been released from the hospital, Aurora police said.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sergeant
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The reputed leader of Chicago’s Wicked Town gang faction and one of his top lieutenants pleaded guilty Tuesday to racketeering conspiracy involving a string of murders, shootings and robberies in exchange for reduced sentences.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Hermann stepped down and is now back as a regular firefighter, so that Mouch can serve as the engine’s lieutenant.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Casemiro knows the drill and plays a one-touch pass to find his captain, who sets up Hojlund.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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After being bitten, David Burrows applied a tourniquet to his son’s leg to stop the bleeding, and a commercial dive captain who stopped his boat to render aid, Richard Hayden, 33, applied a second tourniquet, according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office incident report.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Sergeant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sergeant. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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