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Recent Examples of infantry
Barros said sustained drone strikes at operational depth can help set the conditions for Ukrainian infantry to retake ground, not by producing sudden breakthroughs, but by gradually exhausting Russian forces, disrupting rotations and weakening resupply.
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Military planners also want infantry units to engage armored threats from greater distances as rival forces field longer-range weapons and surveillance systems.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
The Russians are fighting an infantry-heavy war with no vehicles.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Ergonomics have also been improved, with the unit’s center of gravity better balanced to reduce eye and neck strain for infantry personnel who may need to wear the device for up to 10 hours a night.
—David Szondy
may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Military planners also want infantry units to engage armored threats from greater distances as rival forces field longer-range weapons and surveillance systems.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 May 2026
The Russians are fighting an infantry-heavy war with no vehicles.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
Ergonomics have also been improved, with the unit’s center of gravity better balanced to reduce eye and neck strain for infantry personnel who may need to wear the device for up to 10 hours a night.
—David Szondy
may 17, New Atlas, 17 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
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After the warning, the Lebanese army deployed to the Christian district of Tyre in an effort to prevent Israeli attacks there and to show that Hezbollah has no armed presence in the area.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
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They were worn down mile by mile, cold by cold, delay by delay until the army that existed at the end bore no resemblance to the one that had set out.—
Darshak Sanghavi,
STAT,
3 June 2026
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Two Israeli soldiers were killed in separate incidents, according to their military.—
Dalia Abdelwahab,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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Strikers viewed militiamen and soldiers as strikebreakers, and with the arrival of troops in Chicago, the violence escalated dramatically, as did civilian deaths.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
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Müller joins their ranks with these affectionate images.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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His victim, in her unassailable purity, resists him, thereby proving that the arrivistes populating the ranks of England’s most upwardly mobile class had a moral edge over the nobility.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Surrounded by some of the state capital’s oldest buildings, the Green is where troops once assembled during the American Revolution and where suffragettes campaigned for women’s rights.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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According to the Museum, more than 150,000 troops participated in the invasion, one of the largest amphibious military operations in history and a pivotal step toward the liberation of Western Europe.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2026
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But as the battalion prepared to depart for England, the clerk of his battery went AWOL.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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Last month's memo also led to the cancellation of a deployment to Germany of a battalion trained in firing long-range rockets and missiles.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2026
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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