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commander

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


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

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

I remember this vividly serving as a company commander in Iraq from 2008-09.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 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

Paul Stoner, district commander for police in the city, said the team was set up as a response to a rise in crime over an 18-month period.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The British commander, Sir Douglas Haig, had planned every move down to the last detail.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

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

Top fire commanders decided not to deploy roughly 1,000 extra firefighters and dozens of engines in advance of the fire.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

A former senior Navy officer and a retired Navy operations officer told me that past commanders have occasionally filed statements warning of risk—similar to the non-concur notes.

From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026

The divisional SS-HJ commanders were highly experienced soldiers who had proven their personal courage in battle.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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