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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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Kudrow, who of course spent years on Friends, and King, who did his time in Murphy Brown and later ran 2 Broke Girls, are former admirals who have seen their vast, 22-episode-a-year domains dry up to the size of a kiddie pool.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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The hotel, restyled to echo its look during the admiral’s childhood, nowadays does tell his life story.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Mar. 2026
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Borman, the commander, insisted on as few lunar orbits as possible given the risks.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ghalibaf is importantly a former senior Revolutionary Guard commander and a close adviser to Mojtaba Khamenei.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 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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Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas returned to the lineup after serving a five-game suspension for the knee-on-knee hit on Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Such clarity of thought was mirrored in performances of attacking team-mates, including Watkins and Rogers, who have surely benefited from their captain’s return.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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