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In the past, the courts have justified direct military takeovers and helped topple the governments of political leaders who had fallen foul of the military high command.
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Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
The mutinous uprising last year of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group who was demanding the dismissal of the Russian high command, was a shocking, unprecedented challenge to Kremlin authority.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
With the military high command pressing the president to act in Cienfuegos’ defense, Mexican officials made clear that counter-drug cooperation was at risk.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2024
Mundane procedural problems were the Achilles heel of the 2011 transition, and now the body that made all those mistakes, the Egyptian military high command, has delivered a new road map.
—Nathan J. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2013
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Hasan Ali, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2024
The mutinous uprising last year of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner mercenary group who was demanding the dismissal of the Russian high command, was a shocking, unprecedented challenge to Kremlin authority.
—Matthew Chance, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
With the military high command pressing the president to act in Cienfuegos’ defense, Mexican officials made clear that counter-drug cooperation was at risk.
—Tim Golden, ProPublica, 31 Jan. 2024
Mundane procedural problems were the Achilles heel of the 2011 transition, and now the body that made all those mistakes, the Egyptian military high command, has delivered a new road map.
—Nathan J. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for high command
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Virginia Highland Books is in the center of beautiful, historic Virginia-Highlands, located on the corner of Virginia and N. Highland Avenues.American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Slowly, ideas that Xiao and his allies had propagated decades ago—the stabilizing force of the strongman and a reverence for cultural traditions—seem to have arrived in the control center of the world’s most powerful liberal democracy.Chang Che, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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Troopers got out of their cruisers and gave verbal commands for the occupants to get out of the vehicle with their hands in the air, state police said.Staff report, Hartford Courant, 19 Dec. 2024
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Yu has a naturally deft command of tone and storytelling, and his past collaboration with director Bong Joon Ho appears to have helped boost his instincts.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
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The museum tour culminates in a tasting room, where visitors can sample chocolate directly from the tap and take home complimentary Lindt’s chocolate truffles.Taryn White, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The Rain Forest portion of the spa features heated seats, a chilled room for cryotherapy, and an outdoor portion with swings, day beds, and a hot tub.Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024
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The Williamson County seat is under an emergency status 1 water shortage.Katie Nixon, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the de facto administrative capital of Sejong in central South Korea is the youngest with just 11.57 percent being elderly.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
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Hanukkah celebrates Jews’ successful assertion of their right to live freely in their ancestral homeland with Jerusalem as its capital, and warns that without Israel, Jews cannot be truly free anywhere.Jon Levin, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
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