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also counterguerilla
as in guerrilla
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Noun
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Other artists of this era sought to intervene, guerrilla style, in the apparatuses of advertising, in order to shake consumers from their hypnotic slumber.—
Michael Cowan,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026 -
The seats were created as part of a landmark 2016 peace agreement between the Colombian government and the country's largest guerrilla group, known as the FARC.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Some galaxies, known as irregulars, don't fit neatly into either mold.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
29 Sep. 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 return of his body closed a painful chapter for the country and cleared the way for the next and more challenging phase of the ceasefire, which calls for deploying an international security force, disarming Hamas, pulling back Israeli soldiers and rebuilding Gaza.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
30 Jan. 2026
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In November, researchers published findings about the deadly pathogens that ravaged Napoleon's soldiers during his doomed 1812 retreat from Russia.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The warrior is both strong and yielding, capable of decisive action and deliberate restraint.—
Richard P. Weigand,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2026
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There is the customary bellyaching about betrayals of the warrior ethos.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij paramilitary are the enforcers and protectors of the ruling regime in Tehran, not the regular national army, known in Iran as the Artesh.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Sudan peace efforts resumed in Cairo on Wednesday with Egypt and the United Nations calling on warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce, as the war between the army and its rival paramilitary nears the three-year mark.—
Fatma Khaled,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Jan. 2026
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Something troopers threatened to use to clear the crowd made a lot of ears perk up.—
Derek James,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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State police said troopers responded to the scene and found that no injuries were reported.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Jan. 2026
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The War Department converted the hotel into a 1,200-bed military hospital for wounded servicemen, sealing windows with concrete and covering marble floors with linoleum.—
Lisa A. Beach,
Southern Living,
23 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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Drone task force security model Haiti National Police Director Andre Jonas Vladimir Paraison said gang leaders are running and hiding while deploying their foot soldiers to the front lines.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
27 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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