commander
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It did not provide evidence for the claim and the commander was not among the dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
The Israeli military said that the attack targeted the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, Muhammad Abu Ismail, as well as other militants which it didn’t name.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
He washed out—“See, you don’t know how to do this,” Rosenfeld told him—but, again, out of respect for the commander, he sent Woodward to the editor of a weekly newspaper in Montgomery County, Maryland.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
More than 500 of its soldiers remain in Russian captivity, according to Azov commander Denys Prokopenko.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
Tamara Kazarinova, the commander of the 586th, still struggled to get along with the most talented pilots in her defensive regiment.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The detention of one of the country's most prominent former commanders, Lt Gen Peter Elwelu, has brought the crackdown into sharper focus.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
The military has been central to Museveni's hold on power, making the loyalties of senior commanders particularly important as succession questions intensify.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
Drones might send pictures to commanders far away.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
On Saturday, North Korean state media said leader Kim Jong Un had urged his military to become the strongest in the world at a two-day meeting of company commanders in Pyongyang last week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Although many commanders had been hesitant at first about trusting Navajos with their most crucial messages, they’d learned to depend on us.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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