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Recent Examples of high command
Yet Xi probably sees such suffering among the high command as having a salutary effect.
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Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
The shock of the atomic bombs was the critical factor in breaking the deadlock among the Japanese high command.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
Yet just three years later, most of the Nazi high command would be in the dock at Nuremberg, charged with the most outrageous crimes of the century.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
In 1941, the Japanese high command was considering launching a surprise attack on the United States.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2025
The shock of the atomic bombs was the critical factor in breaking the deadlock among the Japanese high command.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2025
Yet just three years later, most of the Nazi high command would be in the dock at Nuremberg, charged with the most outrageous crimes of the century.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
In 1941, the Japanese high command was considering launching a surprise attack on the United States.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high command
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For years, advocates for expanding child birth options in Kentucky have called on lawmakers to reduce barriers to establishing freestanding birthing centers.—
Killian Baarlaer,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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The hurricane center uses only the top four or five highest-performing models to help make its forecasts.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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The First Amendment protects that exchange of ideas and no president’s directive, governor’s diktat, or chancellor’s command can override the Constitution.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
28 Sep. 2025
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Many command thousands of service members and are stationed across the world in more than a dozen countries and time zones.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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The Rakhimovs’ house, built in 2006 on land granted by the state, is more than a home.—
Dada Jovanovic,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Residents said the gas leaks this week brought back fresh memories of a fatal home explosion in April, when 5-year-old Alistair Lamb was killed.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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Jose Mourinho had just got up from his seat in the Benfica dugout, at the start of the game, when the Chelsea supporters in the Matthew Harding Stand at Stamford Bridge started to serenade him.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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As the applause continued, Clooney kissed his wife Amal, who looked emotional in her seat just behind him.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors argued that Rocha knowingly and deliberately shot and killed Vasquez on July 19, 2022, in the closing arguments of the capital murder trial for Rocha.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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In this century’s first two decades, the city had become America’s most relevant and talked-about dining capital — fueled by affordable commercial rents, innovative talent and its access to choice ingredients from local purveyors.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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