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high command

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Recent Examples of high command While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026 The Berlin building complex once housed the Nazi's army high command. — Marc Lieberman, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 Beyond its use as a motivational tool, the Army of Drones program allows the high command in Kyiv to adjust the targets their forces prioritize. — Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 Despite the high command’s efforts to reduce Korean aspirations to Cold War binaries, these reformers knew that their ambitions were broader and more diverse. — Kornel Chang september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high command

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Iran has issued a list of concessions the US must make in order for the vital Strait of Hormuz to be reopened, once again bringing the waterway center-stage in Tehran’s dealings with Washington.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
His early memories center on 2005’s Axis of Evil tour, during which Ahmed Ahmed, Maz Jobrani, Aron Kader, and Dean Obeidallah set out to contend with an American public still living under the cloud of the World Trade Center attack.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

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That is potentially significant because modern military operations increasingly depend on networks containing aircraft, ships, unmanned systems, sensors and command-and-control nodes from multiple organizations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
Hierarchical cores will persist where unified command, consistent standards, legal accountability, and rapid crisis response are required.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

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Defense attorneys for the Massachusetts labor and delivery nurse do not deny that Clancy strangled her three children — Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, 8 months — before jumping from a second-story window of her suburban home in 2023.

— Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
Roads, bridges, homes, offices and countless other structures depend on it.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2026

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After losing his seat to redistricting, Jones fell short in his bid for a third term in Congress against Republican Newt Gingrich.

— Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
For now, Paramount isn’t producing the billion-dollar box office smashes that drive millions of butts into theater seats (not to mention robust sales of novelty popcorn buckets).

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Aug. 2026

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The power company said the attack resulted in outages across the southern parts of the city, which is located about 47 kilometers (about 30 miles) west of the capital Tripoli.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
The 34-year-old returned to a hero’s welcome in his nation’s capital of Mogadishu following his denial of entry to the US.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026

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