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- noun Plural form of
squad .
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Examples
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Bloodshed between death squads from the two rival Islamic sects brought Iraq to the brink of civil war before a U.S. troop buildup in 2008 helped rout the extremists from both sides.
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Are you organized in squads, platoons, or do you have some other form of organization?
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Note that the title "Obama builds up the rubber in his space flip flops, truth squads, and kid allegiance squads" is now simply "Obama builds up the rubber in his space flip flops".
Washington Examiner Space Blogger Goes The Nazi Route - NASA Watch 2008
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Japan, Mexico and Venezuela also usually field standout squads from the eight-team international bracket.
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And if the operation of foreign death squads is tolerated, then why not in the US?
Balkinization 2006
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For her efforts, the three-time Olympian and mainstay of gold-medal relay squads is USATODAY. com's U.S. Olympic Athlete of the Week.
USATODAY.com - Thompson's quadruple gold nets USATODAY.com honor 2004
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Didion shows that drawing distinctions between the commentators hired by newspapers and the media managers on political staffs (a hallowed distinction in the journalistic world) is about as relevant as distinguishing paramilitary death squads from the dictatorial regime that sponsors them.
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Staff Section of SR-2 Hq, the PWS were carried off in hammocks by two armed squads from the 308th Inf Bn. The PWS were being carried in hammocks because their feet were too badly cut and bruised from walking to SR-2 Hq in their socks to allow them to walk any further.
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They marched us in squads to the various hotels and restaurants, where dinners were spread for us.
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They marched us in squads to the various hotels and restaurants, where dinners were spread for us.
sionnach commented on the word squads
When a mommy squid has four baby squids, all at the same time.
March 26, 2008