Example Sentences

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In the long history of U.S. surgeons general, rarely do they garner much attention.

From Washington Times • Mar. 19, 2020

The surgeons general described moments of equal absurdity.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2018

In June, three former U.S. surgeons general released a statement condemning the surgeries.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2017

This role is exactly what prior surgeons general have filled in times of heightened public health anxiety.

From MSNBC • Oct. 2, 2014

Some were government officials, including the city's coroner and the surgeons general of the Navy and the Marine Hospital Service.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow