brigade
Example Sentences
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The fire brigade, for example, "were really most proficient in the city at that time".
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
Earlier this year, thousands of American Marines and sailors came together with Japan’s amphibious brigade for weekslong drills in southwest Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
"Everybody just wanted to be firemen because we were brought up with it all the time... everything was involved around the fire brigade."
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026
Near the southern front, pilots from the 18th brigade were getting ready to launch their interceptor drones.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
It was during this period that Ernest acquired the reputation of a relentless taskmaster in command of a growing brigade; the recurring term in personal reminiscences of the Rad Lab is “slave driver.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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