commander
Example Sentences
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Mr. Davis is former deputy commander of U.S.
A French ex-military commander at the UN, Gen Dominique Trinquand, said if it was a Russian drone off Malmo then it was not surprising that Moscow was conducting intelligence operations in the area.
From BBC
The Second Grinnell Expedition’s “intrepid” crew was under the leadership of what New York’s Daily Herald called, “the indefatigable perseverance and indomitable courage” possessed by its thirty-three-year-old naval surgeon and commander.
From Literature
The commander of the Cuban vessel was injured in the clash after the patrol approached to identify the speedboat’s occupants, Cuban authorities said.
But it was the later coup, led by senior military commanders, that turned into "the founding myth of Spanish democracy", said Javier Cercas, whose book "Anatomy of an Instant" details the events of February 1981.
From Barron's
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