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Recent Examples of battalion
The trailer gave a glimpse of Vince's son Bode (Max Thieriot) giving a speech in his honor, as well as a look at how the character's death sent ripples throughout the community, which is now in search of a new battalion chief.
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Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
The rest of his tank battalion was killed in fighting, with their bodies taken to Gaza.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Nigel Edge, 40, a Purple Heart recipient whose last assignment was with a Wounded Warrior battalion, made his first court appearance by video link after Saturday’s shooting.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
The promo confirms that Burke’s battalion chief Vince died in the memory care building fire where he, along with his wife, Cal Fire Division Chief Sharon (Diane Farr), and his father, retired battalion chief Walter Leone (Jeff Fahey), were trapped with the roof collapsing on them.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
The rest of his tank battalion was killed in fighting, with their bodies taken to Gaza.
—Callum Sutherland, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Nigel Edge, 40, a Purple Heart recipient whose last assignment was with a Wounded Warrior battalion, made his first court appearance by video link after Saturday’s shooting.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
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The United States supported the anti-communist massacres, providing lists of senior communist party officials, equipment and money to the Indonesian army, according to official documents that were declassified in 2017.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The deadliest assault on a school occurred in 2014 when Taliban gunmen killed 154 people, mostly children, at an army-run school in Peshawar.—
NPR,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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