troop

Example Sentences

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Iran is stepping up defenses around its biggest oil port and launching a mass recruitment drive amid U.S. troop deployments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He turned to terrain and troop strength and strategic objectives.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

She didn’t want her to be the only brown girl in the troop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

German company Rheinmetall makes troop carriers in Brisbane under a similar arrangement.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

At home, public support for the war was slowly eroding, and Johnson’s fear that American troop morale would slip as the war dragged on was proving painfully correct.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge