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also counterguerilla
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In Colombia, an 18-year-old visits her estranged mother — a former guerrilla turned bride-to-be — hoping to find a revolutionary heroine but instead encounters silence, regret and love unspoken.—
Emiliano De Pablos,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Petro has sought to negotiate with Colombian guerrilla groups, but the strategy has so far failed to reduce violence or cocaine production, Bloomberg wrote.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
19 Oct. 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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Chapter narrators alternate between a homing pigeon and a soldier whose futures intersect in the most terrible of war offensives in France.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
19 Oct. 2025
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After the speeches came Ukrainian songs, poems, tributes to soldiers, and, of course, the national anthem.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Leadership Challenge Smart leaders learn to love their warriors even when the skies are clear.—
Brendan Keegan,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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The film centers on a hugely popular K-pop girl group named Huntr/x, the three members of which are also secret demon warriors.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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The surge is in addition to thousands of DPS troopers already stationed throughout the state.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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About an hour later, Missouri executed Lance Shockley for the murder of a Missouri state trooper in 2005.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
15 Oct. 2025
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The manpower shortages compelled the War Department not only to rethink its policy of barring Black GIs from combat, but to cut back the number of servicemen stationed stateside, retaining only those disqualified for overseas duty by age or physical condition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Unverified image of a Russian serviceman holding a Ukrainian Baba Yaga drone on August 6, 2024.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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