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
In about a year, his infantry platoon went from having one kind of drone, a small quadcopter, to seven types to experiment with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 13, 2025
During his military career, Driscoll became an officer in 2007, led a cavalry platoon and deployed to Iraq for several months in 2009.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025
As the platoon of policemen minced past they didn’t hear him beg.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
And we need to think more about the little platoons, the habits, the character forming that’s required for people to navigate a world where there’s not going to be lifelong work anymore.
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
The men of the platoons knew who their enemy would be.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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