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Recent Examples of infantry
More than two dozen M1 Abrams tanks, scores of infantry vehicles and thousands of soldiers are expected to be involved in the event.
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 June 2025
The Army has estimated more than 6,000 soldiers will participate in the event -- an all-day ordeal that's expected to include a fitness competition, festival and parade complete with tanks and infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps.
—Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 12 June 2025
The company is also working on new infantry goggles for the US Army, a project that could be valued at more than $20 billion in the next decade if all options are exercised.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
The event, marking Russia’s 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, featured over 11,500 troops and more than 180 military vehicles, including tanks, armored infantry vehicles and artillery used on the battlefield in Ukraine.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
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Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 14 June 2025
The Army has estimated more than 6,000 soldiers will participate in the event -- an all-day ordeal that's expected to include a fitness competition, festival and parade complete with tanks and infantry vehicles, helicopter flyovers and parachute jumps.
—Sarah Beth Hensley, ABC News, 12 June 2025
The company is also working on new infantry goggles for the US Army, a project that could be valued at more than $20 billion in the next decade if all options are exercised.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 5 June 2025
The event, marking Russia’s 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, featured over 11,500 troops and more than 180 military vehicles, including tanks, armored infantry vehicles and artillery used on the battlefield in Ukraine.
—Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
Noun
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With an army of 222 million followers, his social voice and willingness to traffic in objectionable content or conspiracy theories proved a major hurdle to advertisers.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
9 July 2025
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Russia’s bigger army also is trying hard to break through at some points along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620 miles) front line, where Ukrainian forces are severely stretched.—
Illia Novikov,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
Noun
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Five engines, two trucks, one squad, three ambulances, and three battalion chiefs assisted in fighting the fire.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
8 July 2025
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Two battalion chiefs were killed, and one engineer was injured in the attack.—
Corina Vanek,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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