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Recent Examples of infantry
Tools like drones and cyber-warfare could help decrease South Korea’s reliance on infantry and artillery, Seiler said.
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team was created in 2016 when the service added more than 200 vehicles to an infantry unit of roughly 4,200 soldiers.
—Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Speed helps infantry soldiers keep pace with armored units traveling to war, said Col. Trevor Voelkel, who commands the 1st Mobile Brigade Combat Team for the 101st Airborne Division.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
The Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team was created in 2016 when the service added more than 200 vehicles to an infantry unit of roughly 4,200 soldiers.
—Russ Bynum, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Speed helps infantry soldiers keep pace with armored units traveling to war, said Col. Trevor Voelkel, who commands the 1st Mobile Brigade Combat Team for the 101st Airborne Division.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
The Rifles is an infantry regiment of the British Army.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
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By the end of the penultimate episode, Kupuohi and Ka’ahumanu are able to convince Kamehameha to use Ka’iana’s red-mouthed weapons in order to have a fighting chance against Keōua’s army.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Sep. 2025
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Japanese media reported that the NMESIS was deployed at a Japanese army base on the island on Monday.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nail polish is not allowed for male soldiers, and clear polish is accepted for female soldiers.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The company is also pushing out battlefield-ready tools designed for everyday use by soldiers.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Pundits have always dominated the ranks of posters on social media, but now the masses of silent followers are declining, and continued posting risks preaching to accounts of the converted, the disengaged, or the defunct.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
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First of all, the franchise has tended to pull its season leads from its own ranks over the years, with many Bachelorette stars having previously competed on The Bachelor, and vice versa.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
10 Sep. 2025
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On Tuesday, it was reported that Indian troops had joined a military drill with Russian and Belarusian forces near Minsk, days after Russian drones entered Polish and Romanian airspace.—
Chloe Taylor,Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Last week’s Russian drone incursion into NATO member Poland drew strong condemnation from European NATO allies, and pledges of more planes and troops for the bloc’s eastern flank.—
Jill Lawless,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
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Two fire engines, a brush rig and a battalion chief had to access the small fire in a hard-to-reach location by driving down cart paths and crossing fairways.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
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White soldiers were reluctant to serve alongside the largely Black battalion, so the Harlem Hellfighters fought alongside the Allied French, fighting off enemy soldiers and becoming the first unit to reach the Rhine River.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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