How to Use report for duty in a Sentence

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  • He was ordered to cut his leave short and report for duty.
    cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
  • But this August, for the first time in his life, Major D. did not report for duty.
    Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • To complicate things, she has been told to report for duty full time at her school.
    Amy Joyce, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The four soldiers were expected to report for duty the same day as their wedding, according to the AFP.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
  • Judge Peter Cahill wants 15 jurors vetted and on the panel to report for duty next week.
    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Deputies said Graham failed to report for duty last week and a welfare check was conducted.
    Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Fort Hood said Casteel had been missing since Oct. 7, when he was last seen leaving the base alone around midnight and did not report for duty the next morning.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2020
  • In some cases, arrest warrants were issued for those who failed to report for duty.
    New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Sawyer will report for duty at Barracks 22 on Wednesday.
    Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Essential workers like us still had to report for duty.
    John Patrick Leary, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Conventions and trends may change—but the commando sole continues to report for duty.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Instead, the workers were advised to report for duty and hide their symptoms from their fellow employees.
    Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Feb. 2022
  • This acid appears to signal immune cells, called monocytes, to report for duty by binding to a receptor protein on the cells’ surfaces.
    Elizabeth Svoboda, Discover Magazine, 12 June 2020
  • For failing to report for duty, after more than 24 hours he normally would have been listed as absent without leave, or AWOL.
    Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 4 July 2021
  • By then the Vietnam War was raging, and in November 1967, a draft notice arrived ordering Ulrich to report for duty.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022
  • The nation’s third-largest school district saw hundreds of thousands of students out of class for three days last week after teachers refused to report for duty due to concerns over the omicron variant.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Pugh had stopped coming to work and requested a medical leave when Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr told him to report for duty — or else.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Furthermore, Pedri will not be able to report for duty with the Spain national team over the upcoming international break which starts next week.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Fighter pilots and military reservists have threatened not to report for duty, and the country’s currency, the shekel, has tumbled in value.
    Laurie Kellman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The military is considered essential and would still report for duty.
    Daniella Diaz and Betsy Klein, CNN, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Hundreds of thousands of protesters blocked the highways; military reservists refused to report for duty, and a general strike loomed.
    Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Israeli military reservists in Tel Aviv sign a declaration of refusal to report for duty to protest plans to overhaul the judicial system.
    Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • Police, sheriff’s deputies and firefighters will report for duty Monday, as well as Denver Health workers and partner entities, the city’s release said.
    Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Court security officers who had scheduled vacation days or time off have been asked to report for duty anyway.
    Carol D. Leonnig, Perry Stein, Shayna Jacobs and Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • South End is stretching the police department thin, prompting an emergency call last weekend for all available officers to report for duty.
    Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 11 June 2021
  • But within minutes of hearing about the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants, the 47-year-old former commando and other leaders of Brothers in Arms urgently called on members to report for duty right away.
    Anat Peled, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Wilson and officers at other Alaska military installations say that civilian spouses are often forced to give up their jobs or scale back time at work to watch their kids, so their spouse can report for duty.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 24 June 2023
  • Off-duty Portland firefighters were asked to report for duty Tuesday afternoon.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Off-duty Portland firefighters were asked to report for duty Tuesday afternoon.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The impact may only become apparent in the coming weeks as the thousands of combat pilots, intelligence specialists, special forces commandos, and others refuse to report for duty.
    Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023

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