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Recent Examples of vice admiral
These were bequeathed to her nephew Erik af Klint, a vice admiral in the Swedish Navy.
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Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Donegan, the retired vice admiral, praised that strategy during a recent call hosted by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The vice admiral announced on Wednesday that the Orion operation was conducted between Oct. 1 and Nov. 14.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
His father, Henry Kitson, was a vice admiral in the British Navy; his mother, Marjorie (de Pass) Kitson, was the daughter of a wealthy sugar and coffee importer.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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Jay Cheshes, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Donegan, the retired vice admiral, praised that strategy during a recent call hosted by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
The vice admiral announced on Wednesday that the Orion operation was conducted between Oct. 1 and Nov. 14.
—Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
His father, Henry Kitson, was a vice admiral in the British Navy; his mother, Marjorie (de Pass) Kitson, was the daughter of a wealthy sugar and coffee importer.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vice admiral
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About this time Timoja (also called Timmayya), who was said to be an admiral of the Vijayanagar empire’s fleet in southern India, advised Albuquerque to attack Goa.—
Sanat Pai RaikarAll,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
6 Apr. 2026
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These are not the polished relics of admirals and officers but the everyday possessions of working men who fought and died aboard a burning warship.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Orientale basin will be an ongoing subject of study for members of the Orion spacecraft's four-person crew, which includes commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Her model for all this, incredibly, is the Biblical heroine Jael, famous for luring the Canaanite commander Sisera to her tent, plying him with milk curds, and driving a tent peg through his temple.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The novel by Herman Melville about a great white whale and the sea captain consumed by the beast that had bitten off his leg sold only a few hundred copies upon its release in England and America in 1851.—
Dan Kelly
March 24,
Kansas City Star,
24 Mar. 2026
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The Bluff stars Chopra Jonas as a former pirate captain who hung up her sword for a tranquil life until her sea captain is kidnapped by a former nemesis.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
11 Mar. 2026
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He’s also been beloved by his organizations, was named the Rockets’ captain this year and has always been in good favor with Hockey Canada.—
Scott Wheeler,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Boston captain Megan Keller, Susanna Tapani and Jamie Lee Rattray each had a goal.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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