brigade
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When Ferrari revealed the Purosangue three years ago, many in the red brigade derided the design and, more generally, the very idea of a Ferrari sport-utility vehicle, scorning it as a sort of heresy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
"Unfortunately, the brigade commander, Brigadier General O.O. Braimah, lost his life," Kaga local government chairman, Zannah Lawan Ajimi told AFP on the phone.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
“It’s déjà vu all over again,” said Mansoor, who was a brigade commander in Iraq shortly after the 2003 invasion and later a top aide to Gen. David Petraeus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
After Farmer went to see what had happened, she described seeing "at least five ambulances", a police helicopter and the fire brigade.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Someone must have a radio—the fire brigade, if one remains, or the resistance, or the Americans hurling missiles at the city.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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