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During the war, Winfield was commandeered by the Royal Air Force balloon barrage unit with officers reportedly playing football in the gardens.

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In his response to the video, DeSantis wrote on X: "We will not allow our state roads to be commandeered for political purposes".

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Between practices one day, a rambunctious group of players had commandeered a trailer and rode it down a hill behind Fawcett Stadium.

They argued that the unwarranted commandeering of National Guard troops, without the consent or input of the governor, violated the U.S.

The California Constitution wouldn’t have allowed Newsom to commandeer those functions from the independent treasurer even had he wanted to.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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