squadron
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During the best fight scene, Peter takes on a squadron of gravity-defying ninjas in a brawl that takes place as much in the air as on the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
An array of military jets, including the Blue Angels, the US Navy's flight demonstration squadron, flew over New York Harbor, some leaving red, white and blue contrails.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Then, he reveals that they’re just one squadron in the never-ending war for liberation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026
Mr. Hertling served as the operations officer of a cavalry squadron spearheading the advance into Iraq.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
At lunch, he walked outside the squadron headquarters and pounded a huge iron stake in the ground with a sledge hammer he kept in the trunk of his Jaguar XKE.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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It can host roughly 70 aircraft on board, said Capt. Adam Bean, who is in charge of Theodore Roosevelt’s air squadrons, pilots and jets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
There is already more than 1,000 British personnel deployed in the region as part of existing defensive operations, including counter-drone teams and fast jet squadrons, the ministry said.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
PLA engineers could fail to get the technology to work in a real wartime scenario, making China’s robot squadrons easy for enemies to pick off or disable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
The light combat aircraft meant to replace it was conceived of in 1981, first flew in 2001 and, even now, decades later, only two squadrons are operational.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
He said nothing while the other squadrons ambled past the reviewing stand crookedly in their customary maimer.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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