Positively identify invaders and take steps to get rid of them.
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Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Dec. 2025
Risking his life again, the director embeds with a Ukrainian platoon attempting to retake the minuscule town of Andriivka that had been seized by Russian invaders.
Millions couldn’t escape the raiders on the continent.
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Laurent Dubois,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
Set two-hundred years after atomic armageddon, residents of Vault-Tec’s network of luxury fallout habitats begin to explore the radioactive territory outside their shelters and discover a nightmarish world of militant factions, irradiated creatures, vicious raiders, and feral monsters.
Those vulnerabilities allow predators an opportunity to gain the trust of victims of any age by promising to meet those needs or to provide safety, housing or affection.
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Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2026
Experts say there is no clear pattern behind recent shark encounters, emphasizing that the ocean is a dynamic environment where humans enter the natural habitat of marine predators.
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