second-in-command
noun
: someone who is ranked second in a group or organization
the police chief's second-in-command
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Rhames will play Tanker, Fang’s loyal right hand who was the second-in-command of Fang’s Special Forces squad when they were captured in Afghanistan.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
His other work includes guest appearances on Frasier (1998), Alias (2005), and Community (2013).
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Darius McCrary (Jazz)
Darius McCrary voiced Jazz, Optimus Prime's second-in-command who appeared as a silver Pontiac Solstice.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Among those people she’s contacted were fellow finalists Annie Esposito — currently the second-in-command to Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton — as well as L.D. Louis, who now works as an Alameda County deputy county counsel.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Following the death of Fedya’s second-in-command, Chernov and editor Michelle Mizner bluntly flash forward to the soldier’s funeral in his hometown 600 miles away — a community by now all too accustomed to such ceremonies for slain young men.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025
His other work includes guest appearances on Frasier (1998), Alias (2005), and Community (2013).
10 of 11
Darius McCrary (Jazz)
Darius McCrary voiced Jazz, Optimus Prime's second-in-command who appeared as a silver Pontiac Solstice.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2025
Among those people she’s contacted were fellow finalists Annie Esposito — currently the second-in-command to Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton — as well as L.D. Louis, who now works as an Alameda County deputy county counsel.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
Following the death of Fedya’s second-in-command, Chernov and editor Michelle Mizner bluntly flash forward to the soldier’s funeral in his hometown 600 miles away — a community by now all too accustomed to such ceremonies for slain young men.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
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