squads

plural of squad

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of squads According to the prosecutors, police and government hit squads carried out dozens of killings at Duterte’s orders, motivated by the promise of money or to avoid becoming targets themselves. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 And each of their squads seemingly can offer adequate support in key areas. — Mike Jones, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 The Rangers took down Arlington Seguin, one of the most consistent Class 5A squads in the area. — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Sep. 2026 As for what’s next for Banana Ball, Cole hopes this can kick-start the growth of the Tailgaters, one of the six-team league’s newer squads. — Ian Curtis, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026 Following the qualifying and play-off rounds, seven clubs survived to join the 29 squads that qualified in advance. — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 Also known by its Spanish acronym AGC, the group evolved from right-wing paramilitary squads that fought Marxist guerrillas in Colombia in the 1990s and 2000s. — Maria Verza, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 Eight of the top 10 largest stadiums in the world sit on college campuses, but college teams are far more regionalized than NFL squads. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for squads
Noun
  • These two teams are pretty evenly matched, but give the Cowboys with their receivers a slight edge in their home opener.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • District play for many Texas high school football teams starts Thursday or Friday.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Phillies will run outfield platoons in left and center for the remainder of the season.
    — Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Multiple schools across three states will soon have their own veritable platoons of pepper-spraying drones to hunt down active shooters, The Washington Post reports, waiting to spring into action the moment they’re called on.
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • The majority went to coaches’ and athletic directors’ ever-escalating salaries, lavish facilities and small armies of support staffers, nutritionists — even barbers.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, police forces across the country have transformed from lightly armed constabularies to small-scale armies.
    — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The generous make-up, applied to counter the punishing lights set up by TV crews in St Paul’s, gave her a stately pallor.
    — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026
  • This gave participants experience coordinating with other platforms and units without moving aircraft or crews to one location.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Squads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squads. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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