Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē 
1
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people
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Nestled deep within the Picket Wire Canyonlands (part of the Comanche National Grasslands near La Junta and Trinidad), hikers need to trek more than 11 miles round trip on foot to visit Dinosaur Lake in the remote Purgatoire River valley.
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Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 2 June 2024
The watch is for Comanche, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2024
The watch is for Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Henderson, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Navarro, Freestone, Anderson, Lampasas, Coryell, Bell, McLennan, Falls, Limestone, Leon, Milam and Robertson counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2024
The watch is for Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Lampasas, McLennan, Mills, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2024
The advisory is for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Young, Jack, Wise, Denton, Collin, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque and Hill counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
Lily Gladstone—nominated for her powerful performance in Killers of the Flower Moon—brought forward Indigenous representation by wearing a custom Gucci design that was made in collaboration with Mohawk, Cree, and Comanche artist Joe Big Mountain, who is renowned for his quillwork jewelry.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
However, another important part of this story is Charles W. David Jr., a young African American Coast Guard petty officer on the escort cutter Comanche, who dove into the freezing waters and helped rescue 93 of 230 survivors.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
Titled Badlands, the new Predator feature is not a sequel to Prey, which was set in 1719 and centered on a young Comanche woman forced to fight for survival against the intergalactic hunters, but rather a brand new story.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 2 June 2024
The watch is for Comanche, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2024
The watch is for Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Henderson, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Navarro, Freestone, Anderson, Lampasas, Coryell, Bell, McLennan, Falls, Limestone, Leon, Milam and Robertson counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2024
The watch is for Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Lampasas, McLennan, Mills, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2024
The advisory is for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Young, Jack, Wise, Denton, Collin, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque and Hill counties.
—Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
Lily Gladstone—nominated for her powerful performance in Killers of the Flower Moon—brought forward Indigenous representation by wearing a custom Gucci design that was made in collaboration with Mohawk, Cree, and Comanche artist Joe Big Mountain, who is renowned for his quillwork jewelry.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024
However, another important part of this story is Charles W. David Jr., a young African American Coast Guard petty officer on the escort cutter Comanche, who dove into the freezing waters and helped rescue 93 of 230 survivors.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
Titled Badlands, the new Predator feature is not a sequel to Prey, which was set in 1719 and centered on a young Comanche woman forced to fight for survival against the intergalactic hunters, but rather a brand new story.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
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Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of an Indigenous people of the southern High Plains of the U.S.
also
: their language
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