commander
Example Sentences
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The number of students at the training courses in northern Sweden, run by the Subarctic Warfare Center, has grown sevenfold over the past decade, said Frederik Flink, commander of the center’s international wing.
In a statement on Sunday, Sudan's foreign ministry said: "The Sudanese government condemns in the strongest terms the Ugandan government's reception... of rebel leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the terrorist militia."
From BBC
The best that can be said for the officers in charge is that they were unimaginative, by-the-book commanders overwhelmed by their responsibilities.
"We need to fly far away with a stable video signal and stable control," said Phoenix, a commander from Ukraine's Lasar Group, a pioneer in the use of Starlink.
From Barron's
Days before Zhang’s arrest, Xi had quietly appointed a new commander to lead the elite force responsible for the security of Beijing.
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