commandant
Example Sentences
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A man walked into the enlistment office in the Siberian city of Ust-Ilimsk and opened fire, shooting the military commandant at close range.
From Seattle Times
Local authorities said the military commandant was in intensive care, without elaborating.
From Washington Times
Fagan is the first woman commandant of the Coast Guard and the first to lead any branch of the U.S.
From Seattle Times
“Another man was taken to the commandant’s office for interrogation and beaten to death.”
From New York Times
It had taken Roosevelt’s executive order to force the commandant of the Marine Corps at the time, Thomas Holcomb, to open the service to Black men.
From New York Times
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