PLA

abbreviation

1. People's Liberation Army.

PLA

abbreviation

1. Port of London Authority

Example Sentences

“In order to minimize casualties on the PLA side, they have to use robotic systems as a first wave of attack,” said Sunny Cheung, an open-source intelligence expert at the Washington think tank Jamestown Foundation.

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The PLA has embarked on an extensive military modernisation programme that has seen it catching up - and in some areas - overtaking the United States.

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Grace Rawnsley, the PLA's director of sustainability, told City Hall's environment committee: "I think when we get headlines like 'swimmable Thames', it does mean that people think that it's safe to swim in."

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Between Teddington Lock and Putney Bridge, the PLA allows, but does not "encourage", swimming, Ms Rawnsley said.

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Any swimming in the Thames east of Putney Bridge is completely prohibited, as the PLA points out that, among other dangers, "powerful tides running at around five miles an hour will overpower even the strongest swimmers".

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