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But if the officer corps’ voice is too weak, complex battlefield operations – and the strategic planning that precedes it – are likely to be botched, as happened in Vietnam.—
Dwight Stirling,
The Conversation,
4 Mar. 2025 -
Meanwhile, two of the other planes, one carrying most of Congress and one carrying the joint chiefs of staff, won’t make it to Colorado after the massive sound wave that precedes the tsunami takes them out.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Antedates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/antedates. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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