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a group of people working together on a task
a clean-up brigade put the parish hall back in good order
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Recent Examples of brigades
Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
As of 2024, Cuba had 54 brigades with more than 22,600 medical workers, according to Granma, the official newspaper of Cuba's communist party.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
The Artesh ground forces, which include tens of brigades, are positioned primarily to defend Iran’s borders, according to Carl’s report.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
The attack on the independence of Stars and Stripes is a powerful recapitulation of earlier moments in American military history, moments which make clear the blind alley down which Hegseth is charging his brigades at full speed.
—Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2026
Some of them are regular reserve units, but some of them are specific reserve units called regional-defense battalions, and there are regional brigades in the West Bank that have regional-defense battalions under them, which are units made up mostly of settlers.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
The foreign ministry said the talks date back to July where Jamaica began engaging with Cuba to restructure the medical brigades.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
The whistle brigades are defending their communities.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The brigades started shortly after the blizzard did and splintered into Signal group chats for individual neighborhoods.
—Eryn Dion, The Providence Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
In Cairo, a famously nocturnal city, shops and restaurants are now forced to close at 9 pm, with police brigades sweeping through the broad downtown avenues to urge everyone to go home.
—Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 14 Apr. 2026
As of 2024, Cuba had 54 brigades with more than 22,600 medical workers, according to Granma, the official newspaper of Cuba's communist party.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
The Artesh ground forces, which include tens of brigades, are positioned primarily to defend Iran’s borders, according to Carl’s report.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Mar. 2026
The attack on the independence of Stars and Stripes is a powerful recapitulation of earlier moments in American military history, moments which make clear the blind alley down which Hegseth is charging his brigades at full speed.
—Bill McKibben, The New York Review of Books, 27 Mar. 2026
Some of them are regular reserve units, but some of them are specific reserve units called regional-defense battalions, and there are regional brigades in the West Bank that have regional-defense battalions under them, which are units made up mostly of settlers.
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
The foreign ministry said the talks date back to July where Jamaica began engaging with Cuba to restructure the medical brigades.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
The whistle brigades are defending their communities.
—Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The brigades started shortly after the blizzard did and splintered into Signal group chats for individual neighborhoods.
—Eryn Dion, The Providence Journal, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigades
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During their time together, Snead and McVay built teams that have played in two Super Bowls, winning one, and made eight playoff appearances.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Name the three teams without mascots.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Sussexes recently praised Australia for enacting a law that bands anyone under 16 from owning a social media account, Boshoff said.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
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In recent days, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, and bands Beach Bunny and Wednesday, also have left the agency, Deadline reported.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
10 Feb. 2026
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The Rays were also at the forefront of other innovations and/or adjustments, such as defensive shifts, lineup platoons, matchup bullpens, star-quality super-utility players and putting a numbers nerd (technically a process and analytics coach) in the dugout.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Outfield requires far more starting spots, and most of those available later in drafts are locked in platoons.—
Dalton Del Don,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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After one of the Nuremberg rallies, the Nazis said the event was so great that a stack of all the German newspapers published that day would reach twenty kilometers into the sky.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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Late last month, some 8 million Americans participated in 3,300+ peaceful protests, the No Kings rallies, across our nation.—
Chris John Amorosino,
Hartford Courant,
16 Apr. 2026
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On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin’s armies seized Chornobyl in the opening throes of their invasion of Ukraine.—
Benjamin Mack-Jackson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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Only a professional military can repel one of the world’s most powerful armies.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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More specifically — and without spoiling a story that piles the twists as high as the corpses — Pine's an ex-British soldier pulled from his porter duties and recruited to surveil a ruthless arms dealer, Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie) staying at the hotel.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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The result piles more pressure on Starmer, the least popular prime minister since records began, according to some polls.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Baltimore County Fire crews responded to reports of a fire at the church at 2312 Westchester Ave.—
Lily Carey,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Apr. 2026
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Homicide and nonfatal shooting totals fell again in 2023, but the city was roiled by robbery and carjacking crews responsible for an overall uptick in violence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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However, one quick look at what companies like Boston Dynamics has achieved with robots like the rather creepy dog-like ‘Spot,’ who herds sheep in New Zealand, and the possibilities seem endless.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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