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high command

noun as in headquarters

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The international pressure failed to crack the armed forces, though, as the military high command stood by the embattled president.

Back at his New York hotel Netanyahu’s official photographer captured the moment as he ordered the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, along with most of his high command.

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The former president instead wants military leadership that mimics the Nazi high command.

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Articles in the German press have pointed to the recorded use of the slogan by several high-ranking Nazis, including Adolf Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess and the head of the Wehrmacht high command, Wilhelm Keitel.

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Perhaps a bigger group in Labour high command is simply desperate for clarity one way or the other.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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