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Recent Examples of battalion
The headquarters staff and the regimental battalion commanders who were in conference with them at the time have been killed by one shell.
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Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
The Marines, the only service with a command structure for its wounded warrior program, has two battalions, one at Camp Pendleton and the other at Camp Lejeune.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Burke helped lead Fire Country as Vince Leone, the tough-as-nails battalion chief running Station 42 and calling the shots as his team battled wildfires and pulled off daring rescues.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Farmington, a rural California town of 262 people in San Joaquin County, is facing a major fire department issue with their battalion chief recently resigning and the county launching an ad-hoc committee.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
The Marines, the only service with a command structure for its wounded warrior program, has two battalions, one at Camp Pendleton and the other at Camp Lejeune.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
Burke helped lead Fire Country as Vince Leone, the tough-as-nails battalion chief running Station 42 and calling the shots as his team battled wildfires and pulled off daring rescues.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
Farmington, a rural California town of 262 people in San Joaquin County, is facing a major fire department issue with their battalion chief recently resigning and the county launching an ad-hoc committee.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
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Also Tuesday, an Israeli strike killed a Lebanese soldier, the Lebanese army said, bringing the number of troops killed there to five since the conflict began.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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By Sunday, October 6, Zelig’s family had gathered a small army to search for him.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC news,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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