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Recent Examples of task force
The task force coordinates between federal agencies on what authorities to use in specific scenarios and how to mitigate any threat from drones.
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Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Of the 605 sites where a multiagency state and federal task force ripped out illicit cannabis plants, roughly 9% were on public lands — up from an average of 3% to 4%.
—Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Gordon said the big reason the task force looked into this idea was to better position the state when drug shortages happen nationally.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
Guzman’s arrest was part of an operation conducted by SJPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force and the FBI timed with Super Bowl week, when law-enforcement agencies and public officials historically increase attention on human trafficking and child exploitation.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2026
Of the 605 sites where a multiagency state and federal task force ripped out illicit cannabis plants, roughly 9% were on public lands — up from an average of 3% to 4%.
—Rachel Becker, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2026
Gordon said the big reason the task force looked into this idea was to better position the state when drug shortages happen nationally.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
Guzman’s arrest was part of an operation conducted by SJPD’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force and the FBI timed with Super Bowl week, when law-enforcement agencies and public officials historically increase attention on human trafficking and child exploitation.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for task force
Noun
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Every one of the NFL’s 32 teams has played a regular-season game outside the United States and is signed up to the league’s Global Markets Program.—
Tom Chitty,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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Kennedy received a verbal warning from governing body World Curling a day after the feisty back-and-forth with the Swedish team, when fingers were pointed and the Canadian player repeatedly swore.—
STEVE DOUGLAS,
Arkansas Online,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Nimmo is much more platoon-neutral.—
Evan Grant,
Dallas Morning News,
15 Feb. 2026
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Club sources told Gelb that the incident was indicative of a rift with the Phillies that grew after Castellanos became a platoon player.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Summer Lopez and Clarisse Rosaz Shariyf, interim chief executives of PEN America, were appointed to permanently lead the literary group.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Feb. 2026
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His agent, in a panic, called our group’s director.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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Savannah Guthrie and her siblings have since issued emotional pleas for her return, offering to pay after unverified ransom notes were sent to several media organizations.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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But the study, which Wengert’s organization is conducting on the state’s behalf, isn’t due until next year.—
Rachel Becker,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
17 Feb. 2026
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Each subject and approach is an ongoing concern left intentionally open-ended, and never contained within a single project, title or grouping.—
Steve Appleford,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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And Dutch neighbor Belgium has just reactivated two military brigades as part of a wider drive to boost defenses.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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This would include the formation of a new military division consisting of three brigades from the SDF in Hassakeh province, in addition to the formation of a brigade of SDF fighters within a division in Aleppo province.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 Jan. 2026
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That left only three crew members to keep the place running — one American and two Russians — prompting NASA to pause spacewalks and trim research.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2026
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Extras sporting afros and ’70s garb walk past Potente, while the crew battles noisy busses to grab a few seconds of footage.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2026
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Russia used cluster munitions Wednesday in an attack on a busy market in eastern Ukraine that killed seven and wounded 15 others, officials said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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Compared with a cluster of states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota) with similar demographic and behavioral risk factors, Iowa has among the highest rates of the five most common cancers.—
Marissa Payne,
Des Moines Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Task force.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/task%20force. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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