Pilots
Reserves
Reserves noun - Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army.
Both words in one sentence
- Pyrrhic Victory: The 1st Battle of the North Pacific, while a Japanese victory cost them a lot of expert pilots and the IJN Zuikaku was sunk and no reserves would be sent to the island.
Source: Literature / Days of Infamy -
We Have Reserves: When Ronan sends off his necrocraft pilots to dive-bomb Yandar.
Source: Film / Guardians of the Galaxy -
We Have Reserves: Neither side attach any importance to the lives of its individual units; the Arm clone all their pilots, the Core can simply download another copy of the pattern.
Source: Video Game / Total Annihilation
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Reserves and Pilots. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pilots/reserves
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