corps

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The press corps headed outside, where clouds that had threatened to cancel the launch had evaporated.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The 92-year-old paved the way for diversifying the astronaut corps more than half-a-century ago, and later served as a mentor to Glover.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

Hansen is a military pilot who joined Canada’s astronaut corps in 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

By 1908, Wilhelm’s attitude toward the U.S. was more benevolent, and he offered President Theodore Roosevelt an elite corps of Prussian soldiers to be posted in California, supposedly to fend off a Japanese invasion.

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

“The cavalry was Buford, sir. TWo brigades. They really fought. Then there was the First Corps, the black hats, John Reynolds’ old corps.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara