command
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Ebrahim Zolfaghari, spokesman for the Iranian military's central command, said two C-130 military transport planes and two helicopters had been destroyed during the operation.
From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026
Executives reasoned that trucks are what Detroit does best, and they would command sticker prices high enough to cover the production and development costs of a new EV line.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Ian Littleworth’s Happy, the dissolute son always looking for an easy way out, seems unsettled not only in his bearings but in his command of the script.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
He will command Artemis II in what is the second flight of the Orion spacecraft, and the first to carry people around the Moon in more than 50 years.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
On the other end of the line a voice—a young man, they were all young men —picked up the line, in his own trench, in his own command post.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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