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brigade

[bri-geyd] / brɪˈgeɪd /


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The brigade added it had received more than 70 calls reporting the blaze, and its cause is unknown.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The Ukrainian drone operators eliminated a U.S. armored brigade in the exercise, according to U.S. officials briefed on the exercise and one participant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

In Chinatown, a librarian has assembled a brigade of teen volunteers to deliver fresh produce and other essential groceries to neighbors in need.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

The riders work for the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District, the first mosquito-control program in the nation to launch a bicycle brigade, according to Ary Faraji, the district’s executive director.

From Slate Aug. 4, 2026

Chamberlain thought: Rice must be the new commander of the whole brigade.

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

It includes brigades belonging to Iran-backed groups reputed for acting unilaterally.

From Barron's Jul. 29, 2026

In other words, European rearmament will take time, and nobody even pretends that European troops are today fully prepared to replace American brigades.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

Cordone said the implementation of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the SDF was moving forward, with four SDF brigades integrated into government forces receiving state salaries and 1,300 SDF-affiliated detainees released.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

Voluntary brigades worked alongside those forced into compulsory service.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

There could be people in the streets: volunteers, gendarmes, fire brigades.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

This is a useful corrective for people who are being brigaded by Twitter trolls: Would you still be worried if a crowd of folks in a town you’ll never visit was booing your name?

From Washington Post Aug. 9, 2022

In many cases, it appeared that a post from one user would get shared by a friend into his or her network, where it would be brigaded by strangers.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2020

He calls for civil servants outside London to "be brigaded into local growth teams".

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2012

While the idea of civil servants being "brigaded" to march in step to the localist tune is an entertaining notion, it will not liberate the power of local economies.

From The Guardian Nov. 9, 2012

The former regiment, with which we were now brigaded, was from New York City, and in its general make-up was decidedly "sporty."

From War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 by Frederick L. (Frederick Lyman) Hitchcock

What counts as sufficient coordination for a campaign to qualify as brigading?

From Washington Post Dec. 23, 2021

Facebook said that such coordinated campaigns, known as brigading, are a new area that the company is starting to police.

From Washington Post Dec. 1, 2021

So apparently YouTube doesn't understand how brigading works or why impact matters more than intent.

From Washington Post Jun. 5, 2019

There are almost ceaseless allegations, on both sides, of harassment, brigading, astroturfing and sock puppetry: terms that describe coordinated, oppositional online campaigns, the feigned impression of grassroots support and fake online identities.

From Washington Post May 5, 2016

Strongholds were strengthening, regiments brigading, cavalry organizing on all sides.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Charles James Lever




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