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commander

[kuh-man-der, -mahn-] / kəˈmæn dər, -ˈmɑn- /


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Even the Danes, with all their emphasis on learning the lessons of Ukraine, have only a small amount of drones, though more would come in case of conflict, the commander said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Gen. John Shaw, who was deputy commander of U.S.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

New York City claims the earliest aerial traffic report, in the summer of 1935, by a police commander who monitored the weekend flow of Fords from a Goodyear blimp.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The borough commander for Elmbridge Chris Thoday told BBC South East the tactics used by these groups were "pretty sophisticated".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

She’d changed since my Lincoln simulation and looked every inch the commander in chief in her fitted black uniform.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

About 30 checkpoints along the route marked stretches of road controlled by different commanders – a clear sign of the fractured make-up of the forces fighting on the government side.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

In his most draconian move yet, the Pentagon polygraphed some 50 high-ranking military officers and civilian officials on the Joint Staff, which coordinates operations, policy and war plans with combatant commanders worldwide.

From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026

But it is unusual for so many commanders to file such notes all at once in the middle of a combat operation.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

During the first hour, pine grove owners urged fire commanders to light a backfire a few hundred yards from Le Porge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Regimental commanders shouted for order, but there was no maintaining it.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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