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regiments

noun

plural of regiment

as in troops

a military unit that is usually made of several large groups of soldiers (called battalions) infantry/cavalry regiments

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Recent Examples of regiments The regiments remained in place during war and peacetime until the Army was racially integrated in 1944. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 20 June 2026 King Charles, 77, will take the salute as Colonel-in-Chief of the seven regiments of the Household Division at the parade in London. — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 Yet for the 2nd and Iowa's other regiments, the fight was only just beginning. — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026 The French army noticed the Croats' fighting skills – and their fashion sense – recruiting many into elite cavalry regiments that would become known as the Royal Cravates. — Kristina Kukolja, NPR, 21 Jan. 2026 In another example of the cultural diversity found in his work, his Revolutionary War paintings make a point of including Black regiments when applicable. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2026 The city perched on the Potomac River had similarities with his home, namely the presence of military regiments mingling with a multitude of free Blacks. — Big Think, 13 Nov. 2025 To garrison those vulnerable treasure houses, Britain had to reassign regiments from tours of duty in North America and abandon Philadelphia, the biggest prize the redcoats had taken so far. — Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025 The pair later designed pieces for various regiments of the Royal Guards, the sentries protecting Buckingham Palace and St James’s Palace in London. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025

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At the time, the Department of Justice argued that the president could sidestep the Insurrection Act to send armed troops into American streets over the objection of local leaders.

— Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
Trump is presumably referring to the deployment of NATO troops to the Nordic island in January following tense discussions with European members over Greenland's future.

— Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026

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Still, the Cubs have acknowledged the need to put more resources into their pitching corps.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Funk was one of 13 female pilots who went through the same tests as NASA’s all-male astronaut corps in the early 1960s but never made it into space with that agency.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026

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But interest in the nascent field is rising as companies notch up milestones, such as enabling people with degenerative conditions including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to type or play video games using brain signals.

— Elaine Yu, CNBC, 11 July 2026
Nike has global scale, athlete relationships, product history, distribution reach, and cultural relevance that most companies would love to have.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

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The first one features a six-foot tall bronze cast angel whose wings enfold around a granite bench; the sculpture was intended to offer the comfort of an angel’s embrace for visitors who take a seat there.

— Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
In theory, this should offer some important advantages over the more traditional flying cylinder with wings attached to most aircraft today.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026

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