troop
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Papperger said he expected the deal to be around 12.4 billion for the vehicles, primarily used as troop transports, and an additional service contract.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Pentagon referred questions about the troop movements to U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
After a briefing in a nearby car park, we troop down to the water's edge clutching white plastic buckets to begin the hunt.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Speaking as a former troop myself, I have my doubts.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
American troop levels in Vietnam were nearing 200,000, but the enemy was adapting by breaking into small groups and moving unseen through the rugged mountains and forests.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
U.S. troops are routinely asked to face dangerous and adverse circumstances.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
The Pretoria peace agreement ended the fighting and maintained an uneasy calm until late 2025, when fresh clashes between federal troops and Tigrayan forces erupted.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
During the 10-day Han Kuang drills that end Friday, Taiwan's military staged combat scenarios for its troops and reservists to practise responding to a Chinese attack.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
The rotating troops were equipped with standard electronic-warfare and counterdrone systems, according to an Army official.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In the months that followed, American troops would play an increasingly important role.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
After some cheese and crackers and forced bonhomie, we all trooped back to our desks and then commuted home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
But he has fond memories of the looks on his kids’ faces as they trooped into his little dungeon to kiss him good night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
Women vendors at a marketplace close to the bar chatted away as customers trooped in to buy vegetables for supper.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
The colour, or regimental flag, which was trooped in the ceremony belongs to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
From Reuters ● Jun. 17, 2023
I followed the crowd as it trooped outdoors.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
"People are trooping to the Hakimpur border check-post since Tuesday after hearing that crossover to Bangladesh is possible from this outpost," senior state police official Subrata Saha told AFP at the site.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Despite the drinking ban issued by the palace, during a recent visit AP witnessed residents trooping to the river daily to fill up gallon containers for domestic use.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 18, 2022
"It's not a great start to the morning I'm not going to lie, but what can you do?" she asks before trooping off in the direction of the bus stop.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2022
Sundays always started with the entire family trooping to St. Paul’s for Mass. The future president memorized the Lord’s Prayer and Apostles’ Creed, and could recite almost the entire Baltimore Catechism.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021
Each day about a dozen of them, including this girl, would come trooping past our barracks on the way to a catechism lesson.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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