Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē 
1
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people
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Year: 1962 Director: Sam Peckinpah Runtime: 1h 34m Where to stream: Rent on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play
Budd Boetticher moved on from movie Westerns after Comanche Station in 1960, focusing instead on TV work and a documentary about matador Carlos Arruza.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said Xcel remains committed to retiring its coal units — including the Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo — by the end of 2030.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 17 July 2025
Liberty and Comanche counties have partnered with Texas A&M University’s Texas Target Communities program to create comprehensive plans that help their communities grow but in safer ways.
—Ivis García, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
The watch is for Wise, Denton, Collin, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Hood, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Young, Jack, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Eastland, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton and Lampasas counties.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Spokeswoman Michelle Aguayo said Xcel remains committed to retiring its coal units — including the Comanche Generating Station in Pueblo — by the end of 2030.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 17 July 2025
Liberty and Comanche counties have partnered with Texas A&M University’s Texas Target Communities program to create comprehensive plans that help their communities grow but in safer ways.
—Ivis García, The Conversation, 15 July 2025
The watch is for Wise, Denton, Collin, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Hood, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Young, Jack, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Eastland, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton and Lampasas counties.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot
updated July 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2025
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Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of an Indigenous people of the southern High Plains of the U.S.
also
: their language
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