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Keenan called his own number for an eight-yard touchdown for the first strike, but then North Attleboro QB Dylan Brousseau scampered for a 27-yard rushing touchdown on the ensuing drive.
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Zachary McMahon, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
On September 2, the U.S. military launched its first strike, taking down a speedboat that Trump said was carrying drugs to the United States and killing its 11 crew members, whom Trump identified as Tren de Aragua members and terrorists.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
After the first strike on the hospital, people rushed to treat the wounded while journalists arrived to report.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
The photos, retrieved from her camera on Wednesday, show people walking up the staircase after it was damaged in the first strike while others look out the windows of the main health facility in southern Gaza.
—Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Zachary McMahon, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
On September 2, the U.S. military launched its first strike, taking down a speedboat that Trump said was carrying drugs to the United States and killing its 11 crew members, whom Trump identified as Tren de Aragua members and terrorists.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
After the first strike on the hospital, people rushed to treat the wounded while journalists arrived to report.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
The photos, retrieved from her camera on Wednesday, show people walking up the staircase after it was damaged in the first strike while others look out the windows of the main health facility in southern Gaza.
—Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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