comrade

Example Sentences

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In 1979, the 26-year-old Xi was appointed as a personal secretary to Geng Biao, then the secretary-general of the Central Military Commission—the decision-making body for the People’s Liberation Army—and a close comrade of Xi’s father.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

He was legendary for his weapons skills, a former comrade once told AFP, but had little power.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

If someone gets buried, others in the group can use their receivers to help find the buried comrade.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026

Army, my leadership drilled a lot of different ideas into my head, from never leaving my post to “keeping my head on a swivel” to never leaving a fallen comrade behind.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2025

There is a similarly operated boys’ camp not far from us on the other side of the rice field, with approximately another eighty boys supervised by their comrade brother, or Met Bong Preuf.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung