brigade
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The Ukrainian drone operators eliminated a U.S. armored brigade in the exercise, according to U.S. officials briefed on the exercise and one participant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In Chinatown, a librarian has assembled a brigade of teen volunteers to deliver fresh produce and other essential groceries to neighbors in need.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
The riders work for the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, the first mosquito-control program in the nation to launch a bicycle brigade, according to Ary Faraji, the district’s executive director.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
Lord Roe's acting chief executive at the BSR is Charlie Pugsley, who was also his deputy commissioner at the brigade.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
Vincent was the new brigade commander—a very handsome man with thick sideburns, from the 83rd Pennsylvania.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
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It includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups reputed for acting unilaterally.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Cordone said the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the SDF was moving forward, with four SDF brigades integrated into government forces receiving state salaries and 1,300 SDF-affiliated detainees released.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
And on the opposite bank, giant murals pay tribute to Ukrainian brigades fighting at the front.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Several Ukrainian brigades said that they use the traditional sniper less.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Behind her followed nine bands, four mounted brigades, more than twenty floats, and more than five thousand marchers.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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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
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
He calls for civil servants outside London to "be brigaded into local growth teams".
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2012
Great precision impracticable, but the necessity of a system maintained; System particularly essential where Game is scarce; Dogs to be brigaded, not to be employed as a pack.
From The Dog by Dinks
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
Old John Butler followed; and is brigading malcontents in Canada.
From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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