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high command

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Recent Examples of high command While the Nuremberg trials put the Nazi high command on trial, there were still many, many Germans in the SS or who worked at concentration camps who were able to return to everyday life. — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026 The Berlin building complex once housed the Nazi's army high command. — Marc Lieberman, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025 Beyond its use as a motivational tool, the Army of Drones program allows the high command in Kyiv to adjust the targets their forces prioritize. — Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025 Despite the high command’s efforts to reduce Korean aspirations to Cold War binaries, these reformers knew that their ambitions were broader and more diverse. — Kornel Chang september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high command

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For years, hospitals have been buying and building outpatient centers, and then funneling more care to them.

— Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
An institution built explicitly to neutralize biological catastrophes is now at the center of one.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

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The command later determined that the North violated the armistice agreement that ended fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The suspect ignored the commands, according to police, and instead got back in his car and drove toward Interstate 30.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026

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Democrats’ hopes rise in Texas Democrats are feeling newly optimistic about Texas, even in deep-red seats.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
However, in this case, the two Democratic seats in the minority are currently vacant, and one Republican seat is about to be vacated.

— Tzachi Zach, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

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Otthon Centrum analyst Gábor Soóki-Tóth said Tihany is one of the most expensive places in Hungary to buy a vacation property — with prices outstripping those in the nation's capital.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who is stationed at Futenma Air Station, on suspicion of strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the island's capital city, Naha, early Saturday and stealing her wallet and backpack.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026

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