battalion
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Some have been carried out by the 413th separate battalion "Raid" of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, whose commander, Yevhen Karas, spoke to the BBC from an undisclosed location in Ukraine.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
As imagined by director Travis Knight—best known for another toys-to-screen saga, 2018’s “Transformers” sequel “Bumblebee”—and a battalion of screenwriters, the new He-Man, lost prince from the planet Eternia, is a meek cubicle dweller named Adam.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
He heard the battalion commander checking in with the groups, asking how they were faring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
“The bottom line is, if he says we’re leaving, you’re leaving,” the former battalion chief said of supervisors at the Lachman fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
She gestured to the file on the table and added, “I’ve just got the contract to supply army boots for the battalion in Kaduna.”
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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U.S. forces in South Korea also maintain two Patriot battalions, in addition to the one in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
The remaining two battalions were operating at a “medium level,” the military said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
It subsequently scaled down combat operations across northern Gaza, declaring that Hamas’s local battalions had been dismantled.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
On Sunday, March 10, all will converge at the Dolby Theatre, surrounded by paparazzi battalions on a carpet fittingly dyed the color of blood: It’s Oscar night, baby, and all’s fair in self-love and war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2024
“Yes, they give the battalions in the front line as much as they can but the ones in back are very short. They have eaten all the Austrians’ potatoes and chestnuts from the woods.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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