assume command
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If confirmed this time around, Dr. Califf would assume command of an agency that has been led on an interim basis by Dr. Janet Woodcock for nearly a year.
From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2021
In many cases, it fell to African American sergeants and corporals to assume command and rally the Black troops to victory.
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021
Phil Sawyer, who had already been named to succeed Aucoin earlier, will assume command immediately.
From Washington Times • Aug. 23, 2017
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Rossi had just moved onto the base and was scheduled to be promoted to lieutenant general and assume command of Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2016
That evening, General Philippe Pétain arrived to assume command of the French forces.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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