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Richard Forno, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Active debris removal is a dual-use capability, meaning it can be used for civilian purposes but also for military ends.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The attackers, who authorities said were Palestinian, were reportedly shot and killed by an Israeli soldier and civilian on the scene.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
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This includes much of the day-to-day work done by federal information technology and cybersecurity employees, including those at the nation’s leading civilian cybersecurity agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
—Richard Forno, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Active debris removal is a dual-use capability, meaning it can be used for civilian purposes but also for military ends.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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Rhodes played Sheriff Jody Mills, a civilian who aligned herself with the brothers after losing her husband and son.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 13 Sep. 2025
The attackers, who authorities said were Palestinian, were reportedly shot and killed by an Israeli soldier and civilian on the scene.
—Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
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European officials have also been warning about other hybrid threats and suspect Moscow was behind a string of incidents, including the sabotage of an undersea cable, cyberattacks, GPS jamming of civil aviation, and even acts of arson.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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Dale Ellis covers the federal courthouse beat for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, reporting on criminal and civil matters that impact Arkansans.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 Oct. 2025
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The government accused the Druze of resisting its rule and, in combination with tens of thousands of Bedouin tribal fighters, attacked Druze villages, killing hundreds of people, including many noncombatants.—
Steven N. Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Sep. 2025
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His cases there included the successful prosecution — in a 25-month trial — of a Croatian general who ordered the slaughter of Muslim noncombatants.—
Dan Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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“Civilian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/civilian. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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