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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.
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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
Her commander called her the best battalion officer in the brigade.
—Arman Khan, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
The future belongs to a smaller pool of elite innovators — not vast back-office battalions.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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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
Her commander called her the best battalion officer in the brigade.
—Arman Khan, Them., 3 Oct. 2025
The future belongs to a smaller pool of elite innovators — not vast back-office battalions.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
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Haydar was prisoner 13077 at Abu Ghraib, one of those photographed by the American army prison guards in various positions of agony.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Players could control a huge cast of classic characters from the franchise in a toybox mash-up of different eras, wiping out armies of bad guys at a clip.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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