How to Use commander in a Sentence

commander

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  • In some places, Ukrainian troops are retreating, and Ukrainian commanders are blaming each other for the defeats.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • Islamic Jihad identified the dead man as Saeed al-Jaber, one of its local commanders.
    — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 1 July 2024
  • Wilmore, the mission’s commander, has completed two previous spaceflights, logging 178 days in space.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
  • The war vet signed up to defend his country in February 2022 and within six months was promoted to platoon commander.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 13 May 2024
  • The vetting forum reviewed the unit for an incident in which commanders gagged, handcuffed and left an elderly Palestinian American man for dead.
    — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 8 May 2024
  • Axis commanders were now aware of the danger of British raiders from the desert.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The commander looked pleased with himself about the crowd control.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The commander who was removed had not been seen in public for months.
    — Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
  • At the end of the class, every leader is required to write a letter to the new commander of that army next year.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Three more of the group’s key commanders were killed in subsequent strikes this past week.
    — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 13 May 2023
  • Shawn LaFleur, post commander of Tattler Post 973, led the event.
    — Olivia Alexander, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
  • The commander of the jail at that time and two other staff members were charged and convicted.
    — Vanessa Swales, Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2024
  • Ringing the doorbell there, Carter summoned the commander, who filled in Gandhi on the scourge of fentanyl.
    — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
  • More than 100 commanders have been killed, the official said.
    — Lior Soroka, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
  • If the lawyers deem a strike unlawful, field commanders must cancel it.
    — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Dealey, the sub’s commander, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and a Silver Star.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2024
  • The brigade commander, Col. Mikhail Gudkov, was wounded.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Over the years, there has been some limited coverage of the commander's lock program.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Last week, an Israeli airstrike on a car killed three senior police commanders in Rafah.
    — Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The commander of the hospital, a brigadier general, hovered two paces behind the body.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed a fourth militant commander, bringing the death toll to 25 in this latest round of fighting.
    — Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2023
  • Israeli troops have stayed out of the tunnels in the north, commanders say, opting to blow up the entrances to prevent Hamas from using them to mount ambushes.
    — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The Israeli military said its airstrikes in Gaza killed a Hamas commander who led one of last weekend’s massacres of civilians.
    — WSJ, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Israel accuses the group of planning attacks and since the flare-up began on Tuesday has killed six of its commanders.
    — Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 13 May 2023
  • Sutton and Zabavsky, 54, also were found guilty of obstructing justice for lying to their watch commander about the chase and trying to coverup the severity of the crash.
    — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Meanwhile the lack of Ukrainian artillery firepower, says Valeriy, a commander in the 45th Brigade is costing the lives of Ukrainian troops.
    — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Mahnaz Akbari, the commander of the platoon, also does not have asylum.
    — Ava Sasani, New York Times, 29 May 2023
  • That’s enough for a Ukrainian Ground Forces tank battalion, three companies of ten tanks each, and one tank for the battalion commander.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
  • Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the Palestinian death toll from the latest burst of fighting to 25.
    — Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2023
  • Timoteo Benavidez, a retired sheriff’s lieutenant who was the on-scene commander, told the jury Wednesday that only seven deputies were patrolling the entire county that day.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024

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