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  • The pilot is the owner of the plane - so he didn't "comandeer" it.

    Austin Plane Crash: FBI Investigates | Manolith 2010

  • August 31st, 2009 12: 46 pm ET ps. and ifin we had palin as our comandeer in chef we wud be glory to god almoghty in the highest! george in alaska

    Honore dismisses talk of Senate run 2009

  • It should surprise no one, then, that we want to comandeer about a dozen of them.

    Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers 2006

  • It should surprise no one, then, that we want to comandeer about a dozen of them.

    Archive 2006-07-01 2006

  • More powerful than an acid trip, it will comandeer the most disciplined of brains, tell it to shove over and take the steering wheel.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Ms Robinson 2007

  • More powerful than an acid trip, it will comandeer the most disciplined of brains, tell it to shove over and take the steering wheel.

    Dating Degustation Ms Robinson 2007

  • My favourite part was when Rebus and his team had to comandeer a local library for interviews and he was puzzled by the poster of Captain Underpants on the wall and later one of the officers in charge can't remember his rank looks like him and so earns an unfortunate nickname.

    Review: Fleshmarket Close tinylittlelibrarian 2007

  • My favourite part was when Rebus and his team had to comandeer a local library for interviews and he was puzzled by the poster of Captain Underpants on the wall and later one of the officers in charge can't remember his rank looks like him and so earns an unfortunate nickname.

    Archive 2007-08-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2007

  • In Natal some people apparently tried to comandeer voting stations.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • They also testified that explosive cocktails and grenades were thrown at them as they tried to comandeer the vessel.

    WN.com - Articles related to Israel trying to limit diplomatic damage from raid 2010

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