brigade

Example Sentences

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“It’s déjà vu all over again,” said Mansoor, who was a brigade commander in Iraq shortly after the 2003 invasion and later a top aide to Gen. David Petraeus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

They may be joined later by another Marine Expeditionary Unit as well as command elements and a combat brigade from the Army’s 82nd Airborne.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

"Robot wars are already happening," says Oleksandr Afanasiev from the Ukrainian army's K2 brigade.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

"Everybody just wanted to be firemen because we were brought up with it all the time... everything was involved around the fire brigade."

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

“One of die things you get to know,” Tom Chamberlain was saying, “is that this here brigade has got its own special bugle call. You ever hear tell of Dan Butterfield?”

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