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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During the press conference, Barker said Duarte was killed in the line of duty by gunfire intended for the gunman Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz.
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 May 2025
During her 2024 trial, federal prosecutors said that Fiore raised over $70,000, purportedly for a statue honoring Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer Alyn Beck, who was killed in the line of duty in 2014.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Trump cited the March 25, 2024, fatal shooting of New York Police Officer Jonathan Diller, who was gunned down while conducting a traffic stop in Queens -- becoming the first NYPD officer killed in the line of duty in two years.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Last May, my colleague, Davis Martinez, was the first parole and probation agent in Maryland to be murdered in the line of duty.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2025
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Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 1 May 2025
During her 2024 trial, federal prosecutors said that Fiore raised over $70,000, purportedly for a statue honoring Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Officer Alyn Beck, who was killed in the line of duty in 2014.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Apr. 2025
Trump cited the March 25, 2024, fatal shooting of New York Police Officer Jonathan Diller, who was gunned down while conducting a traffic stop in Queens -- becoming the first NYPD officer killed in the line of duty in two years.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2025
Last May, my colleague, Davis Martinez, was the first parole and probation agent in Maryland to be murdered in the line of duty.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 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 13 May. 2025.
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