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commander

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


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The Belfast area commander for the Community Rescue Service said: "Don't underestimate the weather"

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Darren Harper is the Belfast area commander for the Community Rescue Service, whose volunteers are preparing to respond to emergencies.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Gen. Scott C. Mills, 57th Wing commander, said in the release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

He flew to Bangui to meet with Wagner’s local frontman, Dmitry Sytii, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s former confidant, and Denis Suprunov, Wagner’s local military commander, said researchers and security officials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

I’d been born on Academy property, the daughter of the Academy’s commander in chief.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un urged his military to train to become the strongest in the world at a two-day meeting of company commanders in Pyongyang, state media said Saturday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026

He covered the Afghan war and interviewed Taliban commanders, investigated Iranian sanctions evasion and was on the ground in Syria after the fall of the Assad regime.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

In its next stages Spectr will be able to help plan operations, providing commanders a menu of options for how to carry out a mission as well as each suggestion’s probability of success.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

According to Ukrainian commanders, their year-long campaign has freed 16 settlements from Russian occupation.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

On the heights, one of the commanders turned to the chief and said, “Maybe we had better end this!”

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho


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