commanded
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Much focus has been on the Starlink broadband service, which generates the bulk of SpaceX revenue and commanded an operating profit margin of 39% last year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Many of the original ventures that commanded huge market valuations fail.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Seyffardt, one of the highest-ranking Dutch collaborators with the Nazis, commanded a Waffen-SS unit of Dutch volunteers on the Eastern Front.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Seyffardt was a Dutch general who commanded a Waffen-SS unit of volunteers on the eastern front before he was assassinated by resistance fighters in 1943.
From BBC • May 11, 2026
"Sancho, go back to the mountain," the barber commanded.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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