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a high-ranking officer in the navy
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Recent Examples of admirals
Phelan's departure puts him on a list of over 30 Pentagon officials who have been ousted since Hegseth's arrival at the Pentagon, many of them generals and admirals.
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Npr Staff, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Hegseth also has fired several other top generals, admirals and defense leaders since taking office last year.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The firings—we’ve had a lot of generals and admirals fired, including the head of the Army, during this conflict.
—Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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
Pentagon officials have not given a reason for the departure, which is the latest of more than a dozen firings of top generals and admirals.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Early military rule Japan set up a government in Korea with the governor-generalship filled by generals or admirals appointed by the Japanese emperor.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
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
China had at least 30 generals and admirals at the start of 2023 who ran specialized departments and theater commands.
—New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Npr Staff, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
Hegseth also has fired several other top generals, admirals and defense leaders since taking office last year.
—ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
The firings—we’ve had a lot of generals and admirals fired, including the head of the Army, during this conflict.
—Adam Harris, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2026
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
Pentagon officials have not given a reason for the departure, which is the latest of more than a dozen firings of top generals and admirals.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
Early military rule Japan set up a government in Korea with the governor-generalship filled by generals or admirals appointed by the Japanese emperor.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
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
China had at least 30 generals and admirals at the start of 2023 who ran specialized departments and theater commands.
—New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for admirals
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Such an agreement would require battling — and even dismantling — an entrenched and incompetent bureaucracy to speed up economic reforms, and getting rid of old-school historic commanders and everyone else in the government, the Communist Party and the top military echelons standing in the way.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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The previous round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, in 2023–24, devastated the militia, destroyed much of its missile and drone arsenal, and killed most of its senior battlefield commanders and political leaders.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2026
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While Cora, who was also part of the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal, is now on the unemployment line, he is considered one of the better skippers in baseball.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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There’s also a growing crop of youngish skippers who made the managerial turn quite quickly after their playing days.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
10 Apr. 2026
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Just more than two minutes before the first intermission, the physical nature of the series boiled over in a series of scuffles that ended with referee Graham Skilliter meeting with the captains of both teams.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Up next is Tezzus and diamond*, the de facto captains of ØWay, who have taken the modern rapper’s scalpel to his jagged flows in a way that’s beyond straight mimicry.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
24 Apr. 2026
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Something awarded only to licensed pilots with a perfect safety record of 50 years, and less than one percent of airline pilots -- only a handful of women -- have received it.—
Rina Nakano,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Given that the cutoff age in America for commercial airline pilots is 65, eyebrows might be raised by making 82-year-old Ben Kingsley the captain on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
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