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a group of people working together on a task
will need a platoon of assistants to mount the display at the spring flower show
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Neutra was a 21-year-old who served as a platoon commander in Israel's armored corps.
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Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Neutra, 21, served as a tank platoon commander in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the time of the attack, the IDF said, adding that Neutra’s body is still being held hostage in Gaza.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Dombrowski resisted an external addition at the trade deadline in 2023, did not pursue an outfielder to supplement the same group between the 2023 and 2024 seasons, then failed to land a suitable platoon partner for Brandon Marsh in the summer.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
The new millage rates would last for 10 years, through 2036, and would be used for the maintenance of public buildings, streets, bridges, playgrounds, recreation centers, equipment, and a police three platoon system.
—Jacob Mathews | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Oct. 2024
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Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
Neutra, 21, served as a tank platoon commander in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the time of the attack, the IDF said, adding that Neutra’s body is still being held hostage in Gaza.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Dombrowski resisted an external addition at the trade deadline in 2023, did not pursue an outfielder to supplement the same group between the 2023 and 2024 seasons, then failed to land a suitable platoon partner for Brandon Marsh in the summer.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
The new millage rates would last for 10 years, through 2036, and would be used for the maintenance of public buildings, streets, bridges, playgrounds, recreation centers, equipment, and a police three platoon system.
—Jacob Mathews | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Oct. 2024
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Starting in a modest 10x10 room in Culver City, Valdez and his team turned a bold idea into a tangible reality.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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But the team decided that James would suit up for this game in Phoenix.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The rapid advance of opposition forces left little resistance from the Syrian army, which disintegrated as the rebels moved into Damascus.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The army has stepped up airstrikes in the half of the country that the RSF controls, while the RSF has staged raids on villages and intense artillery strikes.Reuters, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sunday's mournful cowboy funeral is attended only by his family, the bunkhouse crew, and three close friends.Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 16 Dec. 2024
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By focusing on the television crew reacting to the horror and making on-the-spot decisions about how to most ethically broadcast it, director Tim Fehlbaum creates a compelling film with an epic scope comprised almost entirely of cramped interiors filled with analog filmmaking equipment.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 15 Dec. 2024
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There are elements of at least eight battalions and four brigades in the Dalnje salient: no more than 10,000 Ukrainian troops, assuming all the units are at full strength.David Axe, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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What exactly is the establishment worried that Hegseth would ruin, besides maybe the morale of a few paperclip Purple Hearts in the bureaucratic brigade?Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 20 Nov. 2024
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Trap has a Hitchcockian setup, in which a serial killer (the wonderfully nervy Josh Hartnett) brings his daughter to a pop concert and then must escape a battalion of police who are after him, without giving away his secret.David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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Part of a guarantor force—such as air defense and combat air patrols or a spearhead battalion to serve in a training role—could even be deployed while the war is still underway.Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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Sauerbrunn was also part of the squad which took home the Olympic gold medal at London 2012, and a key member of the bronze-winning team at Tokyo 2020.Jamie Barton, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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The undrafted second-year pro was just getting his opportunity to shine as the No. 1 running back after hanging on to the fringe of the franchise for three seasons on the practice squad.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Platoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platoon. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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