Sentence examples for growing platoon from inspiring English sources

The flames were racing up the Boardwalk, leaping from the flat, tarred roof of one small business to the neighboring one faster than the growing platoon of firefighters could douse them.

In a recent interview, Professor McEachern described one possible model for economic growth Willimantic's leaders are no doubt eager to make reality: The reconstituted thread mill attracts small businesses, which bring in skilled workers, who prompt local colleges to offer courses that produce a growing platoon of highly skilled graduates who, in turn, lure more businesses seeking to expand.

The goal was to help consumers remember the sponsor as they faced ever-growing platoons of products on increasingly crowded store shelves.

In the growing light, 1 and 3 Platoon were soon pinned down and suffered a number of casualties as they attempted to gain better fire positions with which to engage their attackers.

Platooning is just one of many technologies being used to tackle freight transport emissions, which contribute a large and growing proportion of all transport pollution, whether by land, air or sea.

I grew up watching movies like "Platoon," which is all about the innocent soldier being dehumanized by the horrors of war.

You grow up quickly commanding a platoon in the jungles of Borneo".

My grandfather could have never guessed that his son would fight for this nation in World War II, his great granddaughter would lead a platoon in Iraq and his grandson would grow up a middle-class kid in Fairfax County, serve in the Army, and now hold the same job as Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry.

Anteby grew up in Israel, where he served in the military and lost his platoon in the war with Lebanon.

The soldier, who grew up near Cardiff before his family moved to Wrexham, was with the Reconnaissance Platoon, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards.

Having started when I was still a student, this project has slowly grown in scale and so brings us to [this] Friday evening's showcase at Platoon.