brigades 1 of 2

noun

plural of brigade
as in teams
a group of people working together on a task a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order

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verb

present tense third-person singular of brigade
as in bands

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Recent Examples of brigades
Noun
Numan said Iraq had established two joint Iraqi-Kurdish brigades focusing on counter-ISIS operations. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026 So far, no mainstream Democratic politician has seemed willing to stir up the hornet’s nest by taking on the progressive brigades. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 In their Two Marines Substack newsletter, Lee and Putiata describe Drone Line, a concept that grouped Russian drone units by depth behind the front rather than attaching them to individual brigades. — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 The efforts are partly funded through a partnership between Bunge Foundation and IBAMA to support training and equipment for up to 40 Indigenous brigades across five states in the Cerrado and the Amazon. — ABC News, 7 June 2026 Though the reality is more complex, as Cuba also uses the brigades to raise funds for the government. — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 3 June 2026 Their brigades are like one out of six that work. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026 In Cairo, a famously nocturnal city, shops and restaurants are now forced to close at 9 pm, with police brigades sweeping through the broad downtown avenues to urge everyone to go home. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026 The attack on the independence of Stars and Stripes is a powerful recapitulation of earlier moments in American military history, moments which make clear the blind alley down which Hegseth is charging his brigades at full speed. — Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigades
  1. teams
  2. bands
  3. platoons
  4. rallies
  5. armies
  6. piles
  7. crews
  8. herds
Noun
  • Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor indicated the decision had nothing to do with kicker Riley Patterson.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Each team played five opponents home-and-home and 10 league teams once.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of teams
Verb
  • The Sussexes recently praised Australia for enacting a law that bands anyone under 16 from owning a social media account, Boshoff said.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • In recent days, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, and bands Beach Bunny and Wednesday, also have left the agency, Deadline reported.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Feb. 2026
Definition of bands
Noun
  • The welcome ceremony also included a flyover by two B-1 bombers, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The welcome ceremony was also set to include a flyover by two B-1 bombers, flower presenters, platoons from each military service, and a presentation of the flags and anthems of both countries.
    — Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of platoons
Verb
  • In last Friday’s episode of the Outlander prequel, written by Toni Graphia and directed by Azhur Saleem, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) rallies the women of her clan to thwart a surprise attack on Castle Leoch.
    — Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • And in addition to the in-person rallies, the president is doing dozens of tele-rallies, simultaneously.
    — Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of rallies
Noun
  • Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a long-range aerial war as their armies remain largely deadlocked on the battlefield, more than 4½ years after Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbor.
    — SAMYA KULLAB, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a long-range aerial war as their armies remain largely deadlocked on the battlefield, more than 4½ years after Moscow’s all-out invasion of its neighbor.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of armies
Verb
  • My father piles French toast and syrup onto a plate and my mother pours a glass of milk.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Big swine farms produce huge amounts of solid waste, which piles up in lagoons until a flood can wash them into rivers.
    — Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • High costs But shippers are ferrying crude through Hormuz at high cost to the lives of their crews and in freight and insurance rates, Bockmann said.
    — Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026
  • In Hideaway Hills, six years after emergency crews knocked on doors and ordered families to pack up and leave, the original sinkhole remains unfilled.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of crews
Verb
  • Deep within the backwoods of rural Oklahoma, charismatic and musically gifted Amziah King herds a bluegrass-playing band of misfits while overseeing the premier honey-making operation in town.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Max tells him to put it down, releasing Zack in exchange, then picks up the gun himself, herds all four Bowdens into the kitchen, and makes Natalie bind her parents' wrists with plastic restraints.
    — JP Mangalindan, Time, 31 July 2026
Definition of herds

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