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  • When people hear the word 'drone' they automatically think of the huge military-type aircraft equipped with weapons, said Lt. Chad Gann of the Arlington police department.

    The Law's New Eye in the Sky Ana Campoy 2011

  • But he was unfamiliar with the military-type detonator and the fuse was burning faster than he had anticipated.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Cox took issue with Traver's appearance in a 2009 TV news report in Chicago in which he referred to gang members who favor military-type weapons.

    Gun rights supporters decry ATF nominee 2011

  • Overseeing this mission is Steve (voiced by Hugh Laurie), a capable military-type who's next in line to be Santa, which has become a largely ceremonial role held by Steve's aging father (voiced by Jim Broadbent), a figurehead with the delusion that he's actually running things.

    Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Arthur Christmas -- A Repellant Christmas Wish Jonathan Kim 2011

  • He also received explosives and "military-type" training from al Qaeda in Yemen in 2010 and 2011 and is charged with teaching explosives-making.

    U.S. Indicts Somali on Terrorism Charges Keith Johnson 2011

  • But he was unfamiliar with the military-type detonator and the fuse was burning faster than he had anticipated.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Kim Jong Il's voice has been heard by the North Korean public only once, at a similar military-type rally in 1992.

    Korean Defector Was an Outspoken Voice for Exiles Evan Ramstad 2010

  • Kim Jong Il's voice has been heard by the North Korean public only once, at a similar military-type rally in 1992.

    Top North Korean Defector Has Died Evan Ramstad 2010

  • But he was unfamiliar with the military-type detonator and the fuse was burning faster than he had anticipated.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • But he was unfamiliar with the military-type detonator and the fuse was burning faster than he had anticipated.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

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