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Recent Examples of infantry
In addition to two Iraq deployments, Sullivan deployed to Zabul, Afghanistan, as a U.S. Army infantry company commander in 2013.
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Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Some Russian channels claim Ukraine infantry troops reached Demidovka.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Franklin John Rock, the character created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, who first debuted in the 1959 DC issue Our Army at War as a WWII infantry soldier.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Annual production of new tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in Russia might total 1,100.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2025
Some Russian channels claim Ukraine infantry troops reached Demidovka.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
Franklin John Rock, the character created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, who first debuted in the 1959 DC issue Our Army at War as a WWII infantry soldier.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 30 Apr. 2025
Annual production of new tanks and infantry fighting vehicles in Russia might total 1,100.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infantry
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The Indian army said in a statement late on Friday that drones were sighted in 26 locations across a wide area of India's west and northwest from Kashmir and states bordering Pakistan to the edge of the Arabian Sea.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Taylor Swift probably wants to use her army of 35-year-old white women to get access to the nuclear codes.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
9 May 2025
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On May 22, three soldiers who witnessed the Mount Suribachi flag-raising on the island of Iwo Jima were greeted by 1,000 schoolchildren.—
Patrick Sauer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to slow Russia's advance and weaken their fighting power while sacrificing as few Ukrainian soldiers as possible.—
Brian Mann,
NPR,
24 Dec. 2024
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An infantry battalion of Arkansas volunteers would be used to man forts in the Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) and at Fort Smith, releasing the regular troops from those posts, and a second unit of Arkansans would serve as cavalry in Mexico.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
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Those could include a Stryker battalion with two companies of Stryker vehicles, a tank battalion and two companies of tanks, an infantry battalion with Bradley vehicles, Paladin artillery vehicles, Howitzers and infantry vehicles.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
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“Infantry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infantry. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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