troop
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The troop was in the midst of its breeding season and keepers said tensions could sometimes run high.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The Biden administration later reached a five-year cost-sharing agreement under which Seoul contributes roughly 1.52 trillion won—about $1.1 billion—toward the U.S. troop presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
Papperger said he expected the deal to be around 12.4 billion for the vehicles, primarily used as troop transports, and an additional service contract.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Pentagon referred questions about the troop movements to U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
From then on, both sides used aircraft to observe enemy troop movements, direct artillery fire, and photograph enemy lines.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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With his troops dug in on surrounding hillsides, the blockade lasted 1,425 days.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
Two months after Mr. Biden announced U.S. troops would be gone by September, they held 100.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I was both watching and reading about all these groups imploding; it was companies, friend groups, church groups, Boy Scout troops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
They have targeted civilian infrastructure, including water desalination plants and energy installations, along with bases hosting American troops.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Nemo was the Fourth US Army Corps, stationed in Saint-Mihiel, leading French and American troops in an attempt to capture the city of Metz.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Many of crypto’s biggest players trooped to Abu Dhabi last week, hoping to secure deals with deep-pocketed Emirati investors who could inject fresh vigor into the industry following two months in the doldrums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
Soon, their third-grade “reading buddies” trooped in from a classroom down the hall, and the group settled in to make some art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025
The colour - or regimental flag - was then trooped in front of hundreds of Guardsmen and officers from the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2023
The colour, or regimental flag, which was trooped in the ceremony belongs to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
From Reuters ● Jun. 17, 2023
The others trooped out while I hunkered down at my place.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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"People are trooping to the Hakimpur border check-post since Tuesday after hearing that crossover to Bangladesh is possible from this outpost," senior state police official Subrata Saha told AFP at the site.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
It was a seemingly endless succession of “Succession” winners trooping to the stage on a final triumphant night for the HBO drama.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
People begin trooping in and it fills with 30 or so people.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2023
Sundays always started with the entire family trooping to St. Paul’s for Mass. The future president memorized the Lord’s Prayer and Apostles’ Creed, and could recite almost the entire Baltimore Catechism.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021
‘I expect us better eat now because Highboy and Willie liable to come trooping in any minute.’
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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