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
"We are urging people to stay hydrated and use air conditioners," a fire brigade spokesman told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 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
Nearby, a US brigade deployed search dogs and activated a highly sensitive sensor to detect sounds.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
He said, in that soft voice, “General, I’d like to send one brigade around those rocky heights. I think I can get into their wagon trains back there.”
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
European Command aims to field four armored brigades during a crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Robert Tollast, land warfare expert at the Royal United Service Institute, told BBC Verify that some brigades were estimated to need up to 1,000 tonnes of fuel, food, ammunition and other key supplies every day.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
We were wearing matching unit hats: We served in different brigades within the same infantry division.
From Slate ● Apr. 1, 2026
Even in all the shouting and confusion, and the bells of useless fire brigades, she could have sworn she heard her love’s heartbeat, could have sworn she heard her call out from inside.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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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
Much of the American man-power eventually was brigaded with the British and French and went through the British and French soldier-making mills.
From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood
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
In brigading the regiments no attention whatever was paid to the race or color of the men.
From The Colored Regulars in the United States Army by Steward, T. G. (Theophilus Gould)
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