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Recent Examples of battalion
An army official said recent drone strikes destroyed an RSF battalion and more than 50 armored vehicles in West Kordofan, preventing advances toward North Kordofan and el-Obeid.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
The organization conducted a review of the department that found the LAFD needs 62 new fire stations, 4,000 additional firefighters, dozens of new dispatchers, seven new battalions, and emergency management service substations.
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City News Service,
Daily News,
23 June 2026
Vital to the Southers’ battle plan is the use of genetic infantrymen, a battalion of clones whose thoughts can be downloaded on to a chip and reused if the host body is destroyed.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
But times were changing, and Fergie was among the Colored men assigned to what would become a fourth battalion in the third contingency of the British West Indies Regiment.
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Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
The organization conducted a review of the department that found the LAFD needs 62 new fire stations, 4,000 additional firefighters, dozens of new dispatchers, seven new battalions, and emergency management service substations.
—
City News Service,
Daily News,
23 June 2026
Vital to the Southers’ battle plan is the use of genetic infantrymen, a battalion of clones whose thoughts can be downloaded on to a chip and reused if the host body is destroyed.
—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
But times were changing, and Fergie was among the Colored men assigned to what would become a fourth battalion in the third contingency of the British West Indies Regiment.
—
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
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An army official said recent drone strikes destroyed an RSF battalion and more than 50 armored vehicles in West Kordofan, preventing advances toward North Kordofan and el-Obeid.
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According to Liu, the logistics provider had signed contracts with about 120 schools in China to retrain its army of couriers for new work such as repairing and maintaining robots.
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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