brigade
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In an update on Friday evening, the fire brigade said the blaze was under control and there was no wider risk to the public.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
But as Downes and other members of the bald-capped brigade often learn, loyalty can come at a price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 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
A Spanish brigade also arrived with a crane to begin removing rubble.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Chamberlain thought: Rice must be the new commander of the whole brigade.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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It includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups reputed for acting unilaterally.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Under a system introduced last August, Ukrainian brigades are allocated “e-points” based on how many Russian soldiers and pieces of equipment they successfully hit, with drones providing video footage as proof of these engagements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Tanshi and her community fire brigades have prevented serious wildfires from breaking out in and around the 24,700-acre Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary between 2022 and May 2025, according to the global Goldman Environmental Prize.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
We were wearing matching unit hats: We served in different brigades within the same infantry division.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
The job of closing those massive gates fell to fire brigades.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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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
He calls for civil servants outside London to "be brigaded into local growth teams".
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
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
They were now ordered to Salem, and reaching there, found themselves brigaded with Major-General Stanley's entire force.
From An Undivided Union by Optic, Oliver
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
Sometime in the same month an order was issued from army headquarters, regularly brigading Morgan's command.
From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson
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