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engine company

NOUN
firefighter unit
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By noon on Jan. 8, during a period of relative calm, Foster approached Campos and his three-man engine company to talk strategy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Murphy retired from racing in the late 1970s and became a buyer for Rocketdyne, a rocket engine company in Los Angeles.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Shortly after the arrival of the first engine company, the fire was reported to have extended into the vegetation and a full wildland fire dispatch was initiated, which included fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2023

Alonso joined McLaren in 2015 to be part of the Honda project but the team and engine company split after three uncompetitive years.

From BBC • May 23, 2023

The favorite beverage at fires was rum and molasses, commonly called black-strap, which is referred to in the following lines, commemorative of the engine company in its palmier days.

From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer



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