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Cobra
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COBRA cobra cobrá cobrà cobră
English
Proper noun
en UK politics en COBRA.
en Mark Townsend; James Tapper Johnson skips emergency Cobra meeting as experts warn thousands may die in UK heatwave The Observer 2022-07-16 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/16/johnson-skips-emergency-cobra-meeting-as-experts-warn-thousands-may-die-in-uk-heatwave 0029-7712 Boris Johnson was accused on Saturday of being “missing in action” after failing to attend a Cobra meeting to discuss the national heatwave emergency following predictions that thousands could die in the coming days.
en Pjotr Sauer; Andrew Roth Putin accuses Wagner chief of treason and vows to ‘neutralise’ uprising The Guardian 2023-06-24 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/24/vladimir-putin-accuses-wagner-chief-treason-vows-neutralise-uprising 0261-3077 In the UK, a Cobra security meeting was called and in Estonia, which neighbours Russia, the prime minister, Kaja Kallas, said there was strengthened security on the border.
en rare en male.