commander
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“Let’s let the commander in chief lead,” Columbia Spectator, Jan. 28, 1987.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
Former Royal Navy warship commander Tom Sharpe told BBC Verify it was "utterly confusing" and "pathetic" that no boardings had been carried out.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Kudryashev said a commander dispatched him and another foot soldier with the goal of reaching a point in a forest near Kreminna in eastern Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
Otherwise it would just be a major coincidence that Rubio and Marine Corps Gen. Francis L. Donovan, commander of Southern Command, posed for a photo in front of a map of Cuba.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
The office, I realized, of the commander in chief of the Academy.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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