battalion
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Shpuk joined the Ukrainian army as part of a volunteer battalion in 2014.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
The sight of the full battalion brings grins to every passerby.
From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026
When Lai was eventually rotated out of the presidential-offices detail and risked losing access to lucrative intelligence, he recruited another sergeant and a corporal in his battalion to take over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
The Times found that a battalion chief ordered firefighters to roll up their hoses and leave the burn area despite complaints by crews that the ground was still smoldering.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
And these were monsters, rearing to the sky, massed like a battalion, too beautiful I thought, too powerful, they were not plants at all.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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