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That same year Russia was also struggling to repel Ukraine’s military incursion into Kursk, with some 15 battalions lost in Kursk alone.
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Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
After his boxing career ended, Hambright served in the U.S. Navy’s Seabees construction battalion during World War II.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Typically, two engines, a rescue unit, a ladder truck and at least one battalion chief respond to the fire.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
Kansas City Kansas City firefighters rescued 23 people from vehicles stranded in high water Wednesday night and Thursday morning, battalion chief Michael Hopkins said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025
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Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
After his boxing career ended, Hambright served in the U.S. Navy’s Seabees construction battalion during World War II.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Typically, two engines, a rescue unit, a ladder truck and at least one battalion chief respond to the fire.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
Kansas City Kansas City firefighters rescued 23 people from vehicles stranded in high water Wednesday night and Thursday morning, battalion chief Michael Hopkins said.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battalion
army
Noun
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Carpenter charges her army of supporters $7 a month.—
Justin Conklin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The gun, a reproduction 1873 single-action army revolver, fired a live round inadvertently loaded by Hannah Gutierrez, the production's weapons handler.—
REUTERS,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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