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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 brigade
Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
The 2,000-man brigade has suffered heavily in recent days.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 May 2020
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Noun
Of these, around 14 are up and running, with the rest delivered to the brigades preparing to use them.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
The 2,000-man brigade has suffered heavily in recent days.
—David Axe, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
These communities have also been known to brigade other subreddits, meaning members would hop into other subreddits and spam them with falsehoods about the anti-parasite drug Ivermectin or the effectiveness of vaccines.
—Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 2 Sep. 2021
This strain of eliminationism is not simply a derangement of the political right; the notes sounded by the dollars versus deaths brigade come straight from the liberal hymnbook.
—Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 May 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brigade
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Vulture has reached out to Majors and Good’s team for comment.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Though Netflix’s team is undoubtedly under pressure ahead of Christmas, many of Netflix’s rivals have already made successful forays in the world of sports streaming with minimal hitches.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 17 Nov. 2024
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The group banded around the new slogan with a few more jokes, and some dramatic superhero music was used to score the new catchphrase.Luke Gentile, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Nov. 2024
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Those aren’t just new peaks for the tune, but also for the boy band itself.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Mohamed, a Somali army officer, was head of security and armorer for the pirates, the U.S. attorney’s office said.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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The montage of each literal deputy of each gang’s boss feels like a bit of a rush job that accidentally flattens the narrative a bit here, but the bigger point is well taken: There’s no army more powerful than the army of the overlooked.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
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New York City hip-hop staple DJ Clark Kent had died on October 24 and his peers rallied to pay their respects.Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 21 Nov. 2024
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San Francisco rallied from a 17-0 deficit and took a 28-27 lead with 37 seconds left.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The Louisville Metro Police officer who fired pepper balls at a WAVE-TV news crew that was live on air during a Breonna Taylor protest in 2020 will not be suspended or terminated for his actions, according to an internal affairs findings letter released by LMPD on Thursday.Josh Wood, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2024
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This crew, all of these beautiful people that never sleep, work their butts off.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
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Thankfully, Lena flashed her smartwatch at the CCTV camera as Kael was herding out of the hotel with a gun to her back, and the team’s able to track it to where she’s being held.EW.com, EW.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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At times, the presenters were drowned out by the goading of a sole counter-protestor herded by police officers to the sidewalk along Lincoln Street.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
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Shane is involved in Male's JROTC Program as cadet captain, raider captain and leads a platoon.Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 8 Nov. 2024
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As with a platoon in a Second World War movie, the group is carefully scripted so as to display diversity that’s soon to form unity.Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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For more than 170 years, United States voters have flocked to the polls on the first Tuesday in November to cast their ballots.Zach Bradshaw, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Reagan’s conservative brand of politics appealed to the scores of Floridians who recently flocked to the state and had no ancestral connection to the Democratic Party.Allison Mashell Mitchell / Made by History, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Brigade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brigade. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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