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battalion

[buh-tal-yuhn] / bəˈtæl yən /


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First responders took 10 people to the hospital, including eight workers and one firefighter, Matt Amos, battalion chief of the Longview Fire Department, said at a press conference.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

And seven decades earlier, Hearts missed out on the 1915 championship, because 13 of its players abruptly left the team: They had enlisted in the Royal Scots battalion to go fight in the Great War.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Now they’re rising again, a battalion of restored and replica specimens, beloved by road-trippers, kitsch aficionados, artists, preservationists and savvy entrepreneurs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Shpuk joined the Ukrainian army as part of a volunteer battalion in 2014.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Montez’s mounted trike battalion was assigned to Grant’s army.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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