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In southern Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, a few battalions of exhausted Ukrainian regulars—each with no more than 400 soldiers—are desperately trying to avoid encirclement by a division of Russian motor-rifle troops.
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David Axe, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The premise centered on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form a mega-robot known as Voltron.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
As the sun begins to crest, the sliver of light offers a glimpse of a battalion of bats coming in for landing.
—Melissa Locker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Aletha Calloway enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school, working her way up the ranks in various assignments, becoming a field recruiter, guidance counselor and eventually tapped to be first sergeant of a recruiting battalion in Syracuse, New York.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2024
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David Axe, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
The premise centered on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form a mega-robot known as Voltron.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
As the sun begins to crest, the sliver of light offers a glimpse of a battalion of bats coming in for landing.
—Melissa Locker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
Aletha Calloway enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school, working her way up the ranks in various assignments, becoming a field recruiter, guidance counselor and eventually tapped to be first sergeant of a recruiting battalion in Syracuse, New York.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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