commander
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“This is highly volatile, it’s highly toxic, it’s highly flammable,” said Craig Covey, a division chief with the Orange County Fire Authority and the incident commander.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
He had been Hamas’s military commander in Gaza since 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The city owes more than its name to the first commander in chief; George Washington encouraged the French developer Pierre Charles L’Enfant to design a capital that would symbolize the nation.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
General Abdallah Noureddine, another senior commander supervising operations near the village of El Ezzeiat, told AFP the manoeuvres were "a message for our friends and our foes".
From Barron's • May 17, 2026
The commander of the United States Navy Yard had ordered the buildings and warships there to be destroyed to prevent their capture.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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