platoon
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“It would be like if I was leading a platoon of Marines but went to a hotel to sleep at night while they’re out in a foxhole,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
“Before you can command a ship, a platoon, a flight of fighters,” he told graduates, “you must be able to command yourself.”
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
When Turner went job hunting last winter, the top line of “41-year-old with a .602 OPS” carried the day, even if he was primarily a platoon player last season, with a .759 OPS against left-handers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
He joined the Marines and led a rifle platoon of the Third Marine Division in Vietnam, where he received a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
Bill Toledo, another of the Navajos in our platoon, saw how nervous I was as we waited for the order to go on board.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
The golds and apple at the center is all the ways that people love their neighbor, pursue the good, the true, and the beautiful, build little platoons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
This year, mercenaries began transiting through Bosaso in Somalia, where local sources told AFP a UAE-run section of a military base has hosted platoons of uniformed foreigners, transported in cargo planes.
From Barron's ● Dec. 21, 2025
Many of us in the platoons of the federal workforce cannot afford to be dismissed, however illegal the dismissal might be.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2025
She made up qualifications, multiple degrees, said she had led platoons of 250 and had extracted VIPs from warzones.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
“Now, I’ve got the remains of two platoons halfway up the eastern...”
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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