personnel
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Evacuation orders have been issued in Lake Elsinore as around 300 firefighting personnel combat a wildfire that ignited Friday in a dry and brushy area, authorities said.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
"Sometimes personnel is the only thing that changes something," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
The Pentagon is interested in enlisting the companies to use their personnel and factory capacity to increase production of munitions and other equipment as the wars in Ukraine and Iran deplete stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Once Kansas City police have trained counterdrone personnel and installed detection equipment for soccer matches at Arrowhead Stadium, that capability does not disappear — it becomes part of the local security apparatus.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
At last a train pulled into the station and we crowded eagerly to it, but it was for military personnel only.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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