commander
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He returned in 2019 aboard Soyuz MS-13 and served as commander of Expedition 61, becoming the first Italian and the third European to command the station.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
Another image showed Trump looming over warships, dressed as a military commander clad in gold armor, as fighter jets flew overhead.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Robert Brovdi, Ukraine's drone commander, said they had been involved in "stealing" Ukrainian grain, and transferring fuel and military supplies.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
But Ike was never the sort of man-on-horseback-style commander that Churchill idolized in the manner of the First Duke of Marlborough, Napoleon Bonaparte or the Duke of Wellington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Someone had asked me once what it was like to have your mom be the commander, and I hadn’t really known how to answer them.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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