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brigade

[bri-gayd] / brɪˈgeɪd /


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“We didn’t understand the scale of the issue and we didn’t realize the number of enemy personnel involved,” said Abbat, the call sign of the deputy brigade commander of Ukraine’s 13th Khartiia Brigade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

While others find peace through meditation and community dinners, Gibbs finds it through the brigade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

County formalized a local brigade program — which has existed in various forms as guerrilla groups of good Samaritans for decades — in 2023.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The brigade has now removed its cordon, and people are being allowed back into affected properties.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Rebs were pressing the front, against Rice’s New York boys, the rest of the brigade.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

While Ukrainian troops aren’t training with his forces, they do work with the Latvian army and national-guard brigades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Hume said such situations should automatically trigger national resilience, when firefighters from brigades around the country are sent to assist.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

"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

Under a system introduced last August, Ukrainian brigades are allocated “e-points” based on how many Russian soldiers and pieces of equipment they successfully hit, with drones providing video footage as proof of these engagements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Even in all the shouting and confusion, and the bells of useless fire brigades, she could have sworn she heard her love’s heartbeat, could have sworn she heard her call out from inside.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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

The 200th Ind. was sprawled out on the ground in its several hundred attitudes of ease, and those with whom they were brigaded were just as carelessly disposed.

From Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) His Transformation From A Raw Recruit To A Veteran by John McElroy

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

You can't manufacture an army by brigading regiments—by creating divisions and forming army corps.

From Ailsa Paige by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers


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