squadron
Example Sentences
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Britain, too, has sent a squadron of Typhoon jets to the region "to boost regional security".
From BBC
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.
Then a whole squadron of jets, each not more than a centimeter across, flew up his bedspread toward his knee.
From Literature
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George’s response reached most colonists in early January, along with news that to start the new year, a royal navy squadron had bombarded Norfolk, then Virginia’s principal port, followed by fires that destroyed the city.
From Salon
The Growler, which is flown by a Navy squadron nicknamed the “Zappers,” likely played a key role in Venezuela, where air defenses were quickly overwhelmed.
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