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It would begeneralquartersevery day at dawn and at dusk.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Shortly thereafter, she observed sporadic antiaircraft fire up ahead and at 2320 went togeneralquarters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She accomplished 18 rescue missions while in a state of constant alert that saw her men atgeneralquartersfor 100 hours.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.We immediately soundedgeneralquartersand broke out fire hoses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.When the oncoming ship failed to give way, the destroyer ordered full speed astern and went togeneralquarters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The tank landing ship went togeneralquarters, but did not engage the enemy or participate in the rescue operation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Meanwhile, they often remained atgeneralquartersup to 20 hours a day while supplying water to landing craft and amphibious warfare ships.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After going togeneralquarters, she dropped a five-charge pattern, but with no confirmed damage.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Calling all hands at 04:00 to complete preparations for action, the ships went togeneralquartersan hour later.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.After going togeneralquartersat 04:58, the destroyer escort remained at battle stations throughout the day.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Because thegeneralquartersalarm lasts for several seconds, the collision alarm is sounded very briefly to override and cut it off.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The warship went togeneralquarters, rang up 23 knots, and began radical maneuvers to evade them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The ship went togeneralquarterswith bogies on the radar screen, but three threatened raids failed to develop.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Around dusk, however, she went togeneralquartersafter observing a small convoy under attack by five enemy planes.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At 0955, lookouts called down large formations of planes approaching and the ship went togeneralquarters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Atgeneralquarters, the destroyer escort conducted three attacks without conclusive results.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Securing fromgeneralquartersat 2000, she again manned battle stations an hour later; and sporadic enemy air activity kept her on alert until 2220.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Generalquarterswere sounded and battle stations manned, but contact was lost ten minutes later.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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