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Recent Examples of infantry
For ten days in July, fighter jets roared, infantry exchanged fire in crowded streets, and mobile missile launchers twirled their payloads from sandy beachheads as part of its annual Han Kuang exercises.
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Many of them go on to fight in the infantry.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
The Army Specialized Training Program recruits, among them Henry Kissinger and Kurt Vonnegut, were reassigned to infantry divisions bound for Germany.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Minogue is a 1989 graduate of West Point who served as an infantry platoon leader in Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 successful coalition invasion of Iraq to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Many of them go on to fight in the infantry.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
The Army Specialized Training Program recruits, among them Henry Kissinger and Kurt Vonnegut, were reassigned to infantry divisions bound for Germany.
—Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
Minogue is a 1989 graduate of West Point who served as an infantry platoon leader in Operation Desert Storm, the 1991 successful coalition invasion of Iraq to liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
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Haydar was prisoner 13077 at Abu Ghraib, one of those photographed by the American army prison guards in various positions of agony.—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Players could control a huge cast of classic characters from the franchise in a toybox mash-up of different eras, wiping out armies of bad guys at a clip.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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The investigation and subsequent arrest of the soldiers fueled an intense political backlash, with some right-wing members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition even joining protests and riots outside the Sde Teiman facility and the military court where the soldiers were taken.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
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On the other hand, King Abdullah is surely correct that no Arab or Muslim country will want to place its soldiers between Hamas and the Israel Defense Forces.—
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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She was assigned to the EVOLVE brand before she was let go in October as part of a revamp of the company's developmental ranks.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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The move also helps Netflix compete with YouTube, which has risen in ranks as the most popular platform for podcasts.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
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The California State University San Marcos Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets from Mission Hills High School, San Marcos High School, Woodland Park Middle School, and Boys and Girl Scout troops will assist with the ceremony.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Nov. 2025
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And yet, the White House doesn’t seem to have committed anything like the number of ground troops necessary to invade a country the size of Venezuela.—
Quico Toro,
The Atlantic,
4 Nov. 2025
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The city of Charlotte settled a longstanding racial discrimination suit filed by a former fire department battalion chief last week — just days before announcing his wife would lead the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.—
Amber Gaudet,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Nov. 2025
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Petula says there are stories about a mythical cat that stalks the woods near the battlefields at night, and tales of entire battalions of Confederate soldier ghosts roaming the military park.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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