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brigade

[bri-geyd] / brɪˈgeɪd /


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The Ukrainian drone operators eliminated a U.S. armored brigade in the exercise, according to U.S. officials briefed on the exercise and one participant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

In Chinatown, a librarian has assembled a brigade of teen volunteers to deliver fresh produce and other essential groceries to neighbors in need.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

This has been the case since the creation of the first modern fire brigade in the Netherlands in the 1670s.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

The riders work for the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, the first mosquito-control program in the nation to launch a bicycle brigade, according to Ary Faraji, the district’s executive director.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

The Rebs were pressing the front, against Rice’s New York boys, the rest of the brigade.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

Hume said such situations should automatically trigger national resilience, when firefighters from brigades around the country are sent to assist.

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

It includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups reputed for acting unilaterally.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Converting these “e-points” into money via the country’s Delta battlefield management network, brigades can then quickly purchase new systems directly from manufacturers, through a classified online marketplace.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Cordone said the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the SDF was moving forward, with four SDF brigades integrated into government forces receiving state salaries and 1,300 SDF-affiliated detainees released.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

She really hadn’t responded to most of my letters, and Mama said Ivette had become the leader of the Jovenes Rebeldes group in addition to recruiting new kids for the brigades.

From "The Red Umbrella" by Christina Gonzalez

This is a useful corrective for people who are being brigaded by Twitter trolls: Would you still be worried if a crowd of folks in a town you’ll never visit was booing your name?

From Washington Post Aug. 9, 2022

In many cases, it appeared that a post from one user would get shared by a friend into his or her network, where it would be brigaded by strangers.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2020

While the idea of civil servants being "brigaded" to march in step to the localist tune is an entertaining notion, it will not liberate the power of local economies.

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2012

He calls for civil servants outside London to "be brigaded into local growth teams".

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2012

By this decision American battalions will be brigaded with those of the Allies.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

What counts as sufficient coordination for a campaign to qualify as brigading?

From Washington Post Dec. 23, 2021

Facebook said that such coordinated campaigns, known as brigading, are a new area that the company is starting to police.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2021

So apparently YouTube doesn't understand how brigading works or why impact matters more than intent.

From Washington Post Jun. 5, 2019

There are almost ceaseless allegations, on both sides, of harassment, brigading, astroturfing and sock puppetry: terms that describe coordinated, oppositional online campaigns, the feigned impression of grassroots support and fake online identities.

From Washington Post May 5, 2016

Much against his will and only as a result of extreme pressure, the American commander-in-chief agreed to a temporary continuance of the brigading of American troops with the British and the French.

From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour




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