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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
station .
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Examples
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I was in stationed for the military in DC when the Republicans were in control and it amazed me that as much as they hate liberals, they had the most liberal work schedule I could imagine .... 3 day work weeks so that members could spend time with their "constituents".
Reid to Senate: Get ready to work overtime on health care 2009
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I remember wondering where the hell my brother, a US army captain stationed in the Bronx, and my sister-in-law, an NYPD cop and tougher than concrete, were, if they were in that inferno dying or home safe, and slowly going absolutely bonkers at my desk.
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The enemies no longer feared, nor could the subjects any longer trust, the application of a public revenue, the labors of trade and manufactures in the military service, the mutual aid of provinces and armies, and the naval squadrons which were regularly stationed from the mouth of the Elbe to that of the Tyber.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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"stationed" is your word (and Novak's), it is not in IIPA. "served" is the word, which very directly covers "service".
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But being constantly exposed to be disturbed in their worship, they felt a great desire to go to a free State, where they might enjoy religious privileges unmolested; where they could unite with Christian friends in social prayer and conversation, without a soldier with a drawn sword stationed at their door.
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At this post an Ensign's com - mand is stationed, which is a detachment from the Captain's company, at Fort Pickering.
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It doesn't require that a CIA officer be "stationed" abroad in the preceding five years; it simply refers to an officer who "has served within the last five years outside the United States."
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There are several elephants "stationed" at Beach No 7, some used for tourist rides and others that are real working elephants.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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It doesn't require that a CIA officer be "stationed" abroad in the preceding five years; it simply refers to an officer who "has served within the last five years outside the United States."
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Mary gets pregnant while he's still "stationed" at the Frankfurt office and Mary gives birth in the local Krankenhaus.
The crafty Obama finds a way to look magnanimous while actually casting aspersions on McCain. Ann Althouse 2008
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