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marshal

[mahr-shuhl] / ˈmɑr ʃəl /


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Among the defendants: three then-current or former police chiefs, an elected marshal and a local business owner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

The field marshal, acting on CIA intelligence, handed over the alleged mastermind behind the 2021 Kabul airport bombing when Americans were evacuating from Afghanistan.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Their first meeting in a coffee shop drew five people — the number Indivisible suggests a would-be organizer initially aim to marshal.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Attendees had to be turned away from one breakfast meeting with top military brass because of legal limits enforced by a fire marshal.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Four more days passed before a US deputy marshal knocked on the door of Anthony’s redbrick house on Madison Street.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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