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battalion

[buh-tal-yuhn] / bəˈtæl jən /


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The commander of one battalion is offering troops who sign up for more years of service four days off for the November 19 launch of the highly anticipated video game.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Some have been carried out by the 413th separate battalion "Raid" of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, whose commander, Yevhen Karas, spoke to the BBC from an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

As imagined by director Travis Knight—best known for another toys-to-screen saga, 2018’s “Transformers” sequel “Bumblebee”—and a battalion of screenwriters, the new He-Man, lost prince from the planet Eternia, is a meek cubicle dweller named Adam.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

He heard the battalion commander checking in with the groups, asking how they were faring.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Simpson said that they kept our squad up to par because the battalion commander liked him.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers

Inside the courtroom, Gonzalez Rogers showed a mix of humor and toughness as she wrangled battalions of dark-suited attorneys lined up against each other in the wood-paneled room.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

Today some 40 battalions defend that border, but such a deployment is difficult to maintain over the long haul.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2024

The remaining two battalions were operating at a “medium level,” the military said.

From New York Times Jun. 17, 2024

It subsequently scaled down combat operations across northern Gaza, declaring that Hamas’s local battalions had been dismantled.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2024

Hark, the wild wandering lines in black battalions, Heaven’s horns and hunters, dawn-bright hounds and stallions.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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