comrade

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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

Asked what Mounfield meant to him, the singer said: "Everything. He's a brother to me, a musical comrade... a beautiful soul and spirit."

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

An anti-war poster on the streets reflects the fears of many, showing a soldier holding a fallen comrade in his arms.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

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

Some of them were fearful, some revengeful for their comrade, some, as it were, disbothed in the sleep-walk of their stealth.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White