assume command
Example Sentences
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Flynn was promoted and allowed by the Biden administration to assume command of U.S.
From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2022
Jason T. Hinds will assume command of the wing on Friday.
From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2017
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Rossi had just moved onto the base and was scheduled to be promoted to lieutenant general and assume command of Army Space and Missile Defense Command.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2016
The next afternoon, Nixon announced that the Missouri Highway Patrol would assume command of police operations in Ferguson.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 28, 2014
He ordered White to set out for Oklahoma City and assume command of the field office there.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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