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Recent Examples of infantry
George is an infantry officer, originally enlisting in the Army in 1982 before earning his commission at West Point in 1988.
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Steve Beynon, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
According to his biography on the Army's website, George received his commission as an infantry officer from West Point in 1988 and deployed during Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
George, a career infantry officer who graduated from West Point, was nominated by former President Biden.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2026
The attack was massive, involving nearly 50,000 infantry and cavalry as well as 58 canons.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
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Steve Beynon, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
According to his biography on the Army's website, George received his commission as an infantry officer from West Point in 1988 and deployed during Operation Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
George, a career infantry officer who graduated from West Point, was nominated by former President Biden.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 2 Apr. 2026
The attack was massive, involving nearly 50,000 infantry and cavalry as well as 58 canons.
—Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
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This man who had overseen the protection of national artworks from the advancing German army—this man wept like a child on the floor and begged his mistress not to abandon him.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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Since seizing power in a 2022 coup, Burkina Faso’s junta has cracked down on political dissent and journalists, shutting down independent media outlets and forcibly conscripting dissidents into the army to fight Islamic militants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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The parade featured a flyover by fighter planes above the Kremlin, and soldiers marched on the Red Square, in front of Lenin’s mausoleum.—
Zahra Ullah,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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The Israeli military said Hezbollah fired attack drones into Israel near the border with Lebanon, and three soldiers were wounded, one seriously, in one of the attacks.—
Bassem Mroue,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Buoyed by a circle of alumni, the sophomores have climbed the ranks of the city’s junior varsity debate league.—
Kate Armanini,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Over the next decade, Hood steadily rose through the company’s ranks before being named CFO in 2013.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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German troops entered Vienna on March 12, 1938, five months after Heidi was born; within a day, the city had been draped in swastikas.—
Nicholas Dawidoff,
New Yorker,
10 May 2026
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Moscow's troops have been fighting in Ukraine for well over four years - longer than the Soviet involvement, from 1941-45, in what Russians refer to as the Great Patriotic War.—
Guy Faulconbridge,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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On March 30, soldiers from the battalion detained a CNN team covering settler violence in the village of Tayasir in the West Bank.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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The military site at Kapciamiestis covering some 14,600 hectares will allow battalion and brigade-size drills on the ground at a critical land link used by the alliance to send reinforcements to its eastern flank.—
Milda Seputyte,
Bloomberg,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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