commander
Example Sentences
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Authorities are still working on the formal identification of the 40 people killed in the fire, with police commander Frédéric Gisler saying "that is our priority".
From BBC
Police commander Frederic Gisler told reporters that "the red alarm, which mobilises the fire department, was triggered" immediately when authorities were alerted to the situation.
From Barron's
Top fire commanders soon made plans to finish mopping up the scene and to leave with their equipment, according to text messages obtained by The Times through a state Public Records Act request.
From Los Angeles Times
Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a former commander in the hard-line Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, told lawmakers Tuesday that “protests must be treated with generosity, responsibility and full accountability.”
His path took shape after Chávez, a young tank commander bent on remaking Venezuela, launched a failed coup in 1992 and was jailed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
