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military

[mil-i-ter-ee] / ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr i /


NOUN
armed force
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STRONGEST
noncombatants


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Military spokesperson Lt-Col Haruna M Sani described the assault on Boko Haram's Mandara mountain hideout, "under cover of darkness", as one of the military's "most significant hostage rescue operations" in the north-east.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Military delegations from Lebanon and Israel held talks in Washington on Friday ahead of the negotiations this week.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

On May 26, Trump had his third “annual” exam in 13 months at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, after which he posted, “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.”

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Gen. Sherman Miles, chief of America’s Military Intelligence Division in 1941, later called prewar America a “country loath to admit the danger it faced.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

One for the police, one for Internal Control, one for Military Intelligence, and one last one the young man sends along, not sure where it goes.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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