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also counterguerilla
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Noun
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In response, Ukraine devised a futuristic take on hit-and-run guerrilla operations.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025 -
This week, Petro also halted the extradition of a former leader of a dissident guerrilla faction that had already been approved by Colombia's Supreme Court to face U.S. drug trafficking charges.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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The existence of the irregulars raises an important question: How small can a galaxy get?—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
8 May 2025
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The moons, observed from 2019 to 2021 at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, were placed into subgroups within two categories of Saturnian irregulars; the Inuit group contains the Kiviuq and Siarnaq subgroups, and the Norse group contains the Phoebe, Mundilfari, and Kari subgroups.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
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The victim was a 20-year-old American soldier stationed in West Germany, Edward Pimental, for whom the group set a murderous honeytrap.—
Katja Hoyer,
semafor.com,
19 July 2025
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The disarmament ceremony signaled an end to the armed conflict between the PKK and Turkey, one that has killed around 40,000 militants, soldiers, and civilians since 1984.—
Ragip Soylu,
Time,
18 July 2025
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In that story, Kara is approached by galactic warrior Ruthye Marye Knoll (Eve Ridley), who asks for help hunting down those who killed her father and destroyed her world.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
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In a futuristic and extremely crime-ridden Detroit, cop Alex Murphy (Peter Weller) is killed in the line of duty and brought back as a cyborg warrior by a shady corporation.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
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House left the scene and reportedly went on to carjack a vehicle after shooting the trooper, investigators said.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
16 July 2025
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The suspect, whose name has not yet been released, allegedly shot a state trooper during a traffic stop near the city’s airport, then fled the scene and carjacked another vehicle.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Thousands of books and films have been made over the past 80 years celebrating the bravery of American servicemen during World War II.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
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Ukrainian blogger and serviceman Stanislav Buniatov, who goes by the call sign Osman, wrote that the advances bring Moscow’s forces further into the Dnipropetrovsk region, an area not originally part of Putin’s territorial goals.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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