brigade

In Chinatown, a librarian has assembled a brigade of teen volunteers to deliver fresh produce and other essential groceries to neighbors in need.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026

This has been the case since the creation of the first modern fire brigade in the Netherlands in the 1670s.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

The riders work for the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, the first mosquito-control program in the nation to launch a bicycle brigade, according to Ary Faraji, the district’s executive director.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

But as Downes and other members of the bald-capped brigade often learn, loyalty can come at a price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Seemingly all Percy’s brigade were marching down upon him.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

"They're currently being tested in some brigades," said Trotsenko, who is awaiting a green light for further rollout by the General Staff.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

It includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups reputed for acting unilaterally.

From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026

In other words, European rearmament will take time, and nobody even pretends that European troops are today fully prepared to replace American brigades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Robert Tollast, land warfare expert at the Royal United Service Institute, told BBC Verify that some brigades were estimated to need up to 1,000 tonnes of fuel, food, ammunition and other key supplies every day.

From BBC ● May 30, 2026

If brigades were tied up as occupiers, they could not be reassigned quickly.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

This is a useful corrective for people who are being brigaded by Twitter trolls: Would you still be worried if a crowd of folks in a town you’ll never visit was booing your name?

From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2022

In many cases, it appeared that a post from one user would get shared by a friend into his or her network, where it would be brigaded by strangers.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2020

He calls for civil servants outside London to "be brigaded into local growth teams".

From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012

While the idea of civil servants being "brigaded" to march in step to the localist tune is an entertaining notion, it will not liberate the power of local economies.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012

Our assimilation by the British forces became most complete when we found ourselves brigaded with a battalion of the Lancashire Fusileers of the 125th British Brigade.

From Company B, 307th Infantry Its history, honor roll, company roster, Sept., 1917, May, 1919 by Julius Klausner

What counts as sufficient coordination for a campaign to qualify as brigading?

From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2021

Facebook said that such coordinated campaigns, known as brigading, are a new area that the company is starting to police.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 1, 2021

So apparently YouTube doesn't understand how brigading works or why impact matters more than intent.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2019

There are almost ceaseless allegations, on both sides, of harassment, brigading, astroturfing and sock puppetry: terms that describe coordinated, oppositional online campaigns, the feigned impression of grassroots support and fake online identities.

From Washington Post ● May 5, 2016

Old John Butler followed; and is brigading malcontents in Canada.

From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers