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As the group files safely past the battalion of Canada geese and closer to the Downtown Canal Walk at the southern part of Military Park, smooth jazz emanating from the Indiana State Museum’s entrance replaces the construction crew’s cacophony.
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
For some battalions, including Prickly’s, this represents a sea change.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Fourteen fire engines, two battalion chiefs and about 60 personnel responded to the fires, authorities added.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
After a thorough investigation, only one person was transported to a hospital for an unrelated medical issue, according Michael Hopkins, a battalion chief and spokesman for the fire department.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
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Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
For some battalions, including Prickly’s, this represents a sea change.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Fourteen fire engines, two battalion chiefs and about 60 personnel responded to the fires, authorities added.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2025
After a thorough investigation, only one person was transported to a hospital for an unrelated medical issue, according Michael Hopkins, a battalion chief and spokesman for the fire department.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
Noun
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Police and army inspect damage to a house destroyed by debris from a shot down Russian drone in the village of Wyryki-Wola, eastern Poland, on September 10, 2025.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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Unlike some other ethnic armed organizations leading insurgencies against the junta, the KNA is a pro-junta militia formally folded into the army’s command.—
Dan Swift,
Foreign Affairs,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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