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brigade

[bri-geyd] / brɪˈgeɪd /


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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

In an update on Friday evening, the fire brigade said the blaze was under control and there was no wider risk to the public.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

But as Downes and other members of the bald-capped brigade often learn, loyalty can come at a price.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The commander of Ukraine's scandal-hit "Anne of Kyiv" army brigade has been arrested as part of a murder probe, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 2026

He had brought along all three of his brigade commanders: Armi- stead, Garnett and Kemper.

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

It includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups reputed for acting unilaterally.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

Tanshi and her community fire brigades have prevented serious wildfires from breaking out in and around the 24,700-acre Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary between 2022 and May 2025, according to the global Goldman Environmental Prize.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

We were wearing matching unit hats: We served in different brigades within the same infantry division.

From Slate Apr. 1, 2026

As opportunities to flex their military might diminished, samurai instead became landed gentry, taking on bureaucratic roles as tax agents, heads of fire brigades and land managers.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 7, 2026

The job of closing those massive gates fell to fire brigades.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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

By this decision American battalions will be brigaded with those of the Allies.

From Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

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

Sometime in the same month an order was issued from army headquarters, regularly brigading Morgan's command.

From History of Morgan's Cavalry by Duke, Basil Wilson




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