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SAS

British  

abbreviation

  1. Special Air Service

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In April, an SAS flight returned to Aberdeen, Scotland, shortly after takeoff after a laptop caught fire.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

"SAS must learn from this investigation and I will be meeting with them to ask how they will be taking all appropriate steps to ensure improvements to call handling," she said.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

In a separate post published on LinkedIn, Van der Werff said leaving SAS wasn’t an easy decision.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The BMA also said 90% of SAS doctors voted in favour of strike action.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

As Alex was soon to discover, the Special Operations Division of MI6 sent its agents to the same training center used by the Special Air Service—the SAS.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz

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