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Hernández, who entered this series with a .668 OPS against right-handed pitchers, had been struggling for so long that Roberts contemplated a left-field platoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

Driscoll previously served in the Army and was an officer in 2007 before leading a cavalry platoon and deploying to Iraq for several months in 2009.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

“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

“You’re old enough to be part of this platoon now. You want to sign up today? I’ll see what I can do about gettin’ you in.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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

The department is staffed by three 24-hour shifts, known as platoons, with about 1,000 firefighters on duty at any given time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 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

There were stragglers going by long after the regiment had passed—men who could not keep up with their platoons.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway