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commander

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


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Ch Supt Critchley, district commander for Bolton, said the shopping centre sighting formed an important part of the investigation.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

Constructed out of a forty-foot-long cylindrical steam boiler, the Hunley was designed for an eight-man crew—seven to turn the hand-cranked propeller and a commander to control the steering and the depth.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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

Acled said this includes commanders involved in planning the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, which triggered the war and killed around 1,200 people with 251 taken hostage.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 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

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

General Teófilo Vargas came forward with his intentions: in a few hours he shattered the coalition of better-qualified commanders and took charge of the main command.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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