commander
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In May alone, Ukraine hit 414 enemy headquarters, command posts and other important rear objects, said the top military commander, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026
The presidency comes with certain perks: a taxpayer-funded plane, a lifetime pension, and a White House staff to service the commander in chief’s every need.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
"The physical disappearance of the commander of the revolution Ramiro Valdes Menendez causes me deep sadness, like that of a father," Diaz-Canel wrote on X.
From Barron's • Jun. 21, 2026
Mike Makowsky’s dramatic miniseries “Death by Lightning” faithfully preserves the stirring rhetoric of the man who would become America’s 20th commander in chief.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026
Marina wasn’t the first in the regiment to have reached this milestone—squadron commander Mariya Smirnova, Natasha Meklin, and Katya Ryabova had also flown five hundred missions.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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