brigade
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"We are urging people to stay hydrated and use air conditioners," a fire brigade spokesman told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The commander of Ukraine's scandal-hit "Anne of Kyiv" army brigade has been arrested as part of a murder probe, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
His long military career began as a soldier in the Golani infantry brigade, making his way up to chief of staff, the top military post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Antwerp fire brigade spokeswoman Marie de Clercq said it was a complex fire and the poor visibility and thick smoke in the building had made it difficult to put out.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
He and his brigade of architects, draftsmen, engineers, and contractors had accomplished so much in an impossibly short time, but apparently not enough to overcome the damping effect of the fast-degrading economy.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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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
In other words, European rearmament will take time, and nobody even pretends that European troops are today fully prepared to replace American brigades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
We were wearing matching unit hats: We served in different brigades within the same infantry division.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
The deployment of medical brigades abroad is Cuba's main source of foreign currency, generating $7 billion in 2025, according to official figures.
From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026
Longstreet said patiently, “Nine brigades went in. That’s all we have.”
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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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
Well, I had a delicacy about brigading myself with a colonel at the head of his regiment, so I stayed with the rear company and the horses.
From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard
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