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Recent Examples of bluecoat
Jackson wasn’t an overnight success: Her ingenue years, after winning a scholarship to RADA, were spent in repertory theater, assorted waitressing and retail jobs, and even as a bluecoat (a kind of performing steward) at a Welsh holiday resort.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 June 2023
Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluecoat
Noun
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The person’s name was not made public, but he was identified as the ship’s second officer.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Occupations Spanberger worked on narcotics and money laundering cases as a federal law enforcement officer in the Postal Inspection Service and then at the CIA as a case officer.—
Morgan Kromer,
The Washington Examiner,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The Snitch and played a sympathetic policeman in the alien drama Glitch.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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Bush came to office determined not to act as the global policeman.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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The victim went back to the police six months later, and local detective constable, Mike Smith, led an investigation into what exactly occurred.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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Law enforcement agencies would have to create department files on any employee holding a Texas Commission on Law Enforcement license, which includes police, sheriff’s deputies, constables, corrections officers and others.—
Cody Copeland,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The kitchen’s highlights include a large island, two dishwashers, a double oven, gas stovetop and a hammered copper farm sink.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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The statue’s copper plating would start to split, allowing sea spray to break down its interior steel skeleton.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Plaza plays a cop who Qualley has a passionate love affair with until things turn sour.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 May 2025
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Here, cops can decompress after a stressful event or take a brief time-out during a draining shift.—
Katja Ridderbusch,
NPR,
26 May 2025
Noun
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His mother and her sisters, wearing sunglasses and bobby soxer skirts and sweaters.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2024
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There will soon be a new bobby on the beat in London: artificial intelligence.—
Will Knight,
Wired,
25 Jan. 2020
Noun
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Despite several lights on inside, no one answered the door when a trooper knocked multiple times.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 May 2025
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State troopers said the remains were transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for identification and autopsies, and that next of kin had been notified.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
29 May 2025
Noun
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French gendarmes have been busy policing crypto crimes, but these aren't the usual financial schemes, cons, and HODL!—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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The defense also raised concerns about witness tampering, after private communications appeared to show Vatican gendarmes and prosecutors working to pressure a key witness.—
Dan Cody,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 May 2025
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“Bluecoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bluecoat. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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