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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. —
Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 June 2023
Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bluecoat
Noun
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Law-enforcement officers, clad in helmets and flak jackets and wielding long guns, materialized on the stage.— Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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His grandfather, Chris Heidenreich, was a naval officer, and his uncle, Chip Heidenreich, served as a corpsman with the Marines.— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The alleged kidnapping of Donaldson was the second time this normally rare type of crime — the abduction of a policeman during the course of his job — has occurred in the East Bay in two months.— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026
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The White House’s approach of eschewing being the world’s policeman to instead focus on key geopolitical battlegrounds is paying off, an ex-assistant secretary of state wrote.— Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Hardin went on to work for the Precinct 4 constable's office and has since had his criminal case expunged.— Nicole Hensley, Houston Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2026
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Set during the Song Dynasty, the film stars Liu Fengchao as Xue Buyi, a disciplined but rigid constable who becomes the target of a conspiracy after being framed for a robbery.— Faye Bradley, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Fiber-optic cabling, which is Corning's bread and butter, is highly sought-after to replace copper in the age of AI data centers.— Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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Researchers placed the masses on flat platelike objects called torsion disks, with the lighter masses on the inside suspended by a thin copper beryllium strip and the heavier masses located on a separate disk on the outside.— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Good cops in this business tend to have more friends but fewer rings.— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
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Garcia De Jesus lived in Yonkers, cops said.— Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
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Police were told to replace vehicle patrols with bobbies on foot, a speed limit of fifty mph was imposed, and the nation’s three TV channels were ordered to stop broadcasting at 10.30 PM.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Jan. 2026
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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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Because the incident spanned two jurisdictions, Pennsylvania State Police troopers from the Butler barracks have been called to take over the investigation.— Mike Darnay, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
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The trooper’s unmarked cruiser crossed a double yellow line in Woburn and struck Schettino’s vehicle.— Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
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Enter Orsolya, who shows up at the door with some gendarmes and an official eviction notice and gives Ion twenty minutes to quit the premises.— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
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Additionally, Leo has named a former Swiss Guard lieutenant, Anton Kappler, to serve as a second administrative aide in his office, alongside the former gendarme Piergiorgio Zanetti.— Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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“Bluecoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/bluecoat. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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