brigade

Example Sentences

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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

The family's firefighting history goes back to the 19th century, when volunteers started a fire brigade in Newry.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 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

Tennyson had joined the new brigade of bewhiskered Victorian sages.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Percy had ordered out his entire brigade to watch, hoping it would cure them of any itch to desert.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes