assume command
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In many cases, it fell to African American sergeants and corporals to assume command and rally the Black troops to victory.
From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021
That includes a bronze statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee positioned in the same spot where he stood to assume command of the state’s armed forces in the Civil War nearly 160 years ago.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2020
Jason T. Hinds will assume command of the wing on Friday.
From Washington Times • Jun. 22, 2017
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The next afternoon, Nixon announced that the Missouri Highway Patrol would assume command of police operations in Ferguson.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 28, 2014
That evening, General Philippe Pétain arrived to assume command of the French forces.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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