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also counterguerilla
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Rodríguez is a hard-line leftist with deeply anti-American views learned from her father, a Marxist guerrilla commander who died at the hands of Venezuelan security forces.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Such an action, therefore, would not guarantee compliance from civilians and would likely lead to long-term guerrilla actions.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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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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About 1,500 active-duty soldiers from the Army’s 11th Airborne Division based in Alaska also have received similar standby orders.—
Konstantin Toropin,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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Nigerian soldiers also rescued 62 hostages in a separate operation in the country's northwest region on Wednesday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Jan. 2026
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Build a Snowman Think beyond your traditional snowman and create your own fairytale version, such as a snow princess or snow warrior using dress-up items your kids already have at home.—
Mia Taylor,
Parents,
7 Jan. 2026
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Newsom has also taken his happy-if-bitchy-warrior act into hostile territory by appearing on MAGA podcasts.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Last year, a leading AfD candidate for the European Parliament insisted that not all members of the Nazi SS paramilitary (responsible for rounding up and exterminating Jews) were criminals.—
Trudy Rubin,
Mercury News,
20 Dec. 2025
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With El Fasher now apparently in the hands of the RSF, the whole of Darfur is under the paramilitary's control.—
NPR,
NPR,
27 Oct. 2025
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An Oregon man on Monday led Idaho state troopers on a 71-mile chase on Interstate 84 from Elmore County west to Payette County, authorities said in a news release.—
David Staats,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2026
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As the trooper approached the dog, which police say appeared to be a stray, the dog bit him on the hand, causing one of his fingers to bleed.—
Joseph Buczek,
CBS News,
19 Jan. 2026
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Kentucky resident servicemen or women on furlough of more than three days.—
Hannah Pinski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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The act allowed American servicemen to bring their non-American spouses and children to the United States.—
Anna Storti,
The Conversation,
8 Jan. 2026
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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First, the foot soldiers: White House Situation Room employees and the members of the Army team stationed at the Fort Greeley, Alaska anti-ballistic missile launch site.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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