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also counterguerilla
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After launching in 2022 as a live event outdoors at Lincoln Center, the guerrilla awards show reached TV screens for the first time last year.—
Senior Television,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026 -
Diego Maradona, for example, got the Argentine Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara tattoo on his right arm and Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro on his calf, expressing his revolutionary political view.—
Gustavo Morello,
The Conversation,
8 June 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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Video has emerged that appears to counter the Israeli military’s account of an incident in which a soldier opened fire on a car carrying a family and killed their 7-month-old baby Sam Abu Haikal.—
Sarah Dean,
NBC news,
12 June 2026
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Namely, the Bavarian flag hides a red Nazi flag, and someone also covered up soldiers, Nazi salutes by passersby, and wreaths on the Mahnmal der Bewegung monument.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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But his answer will also no doubt disappoint others who've been hoping to one day see a Yautja warrior suddenly barrel into New Siam for an epic confrontation with a xenomorph.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Dec. 2025
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Further, his blunt style and partisan-warrior approach have fueled a particular hostility among opponents, who also have brought up his past business disputes and legal issues.—
Michael Smolens,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Dec. 2025
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Among them was the late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, creating a power vacuum largely filled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a powerful paramilitary, political and economic group.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Mar. 2026
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Advertisement When Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, then the relatively unknown mayor of Tehran, was propelled to the presidency in 2005, Mojtaba Khamenei was thought to have orchestrated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and Basij paramilitary’s support for his candidacy.—
Kay Armin Serjoie,
Time,
9 Mar. 2026
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The trooper was able to perform a traffic stop and said that the driver was heavily intoxicated.—
Steven Yablonski,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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State police troopers, officers from the Butler Police Department and deputies from the Bates County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene and are assisting with the crash investigation, the outlets reported.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
15 June 2026
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Today’s senseless act of violence against innocent servicemen is utterly disgusting.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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Ukrainian servicemen prepare to fire on Russian positions near the frontline town of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region on Sunday.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
26 Nov. 2025
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Congress has become the president’s foot soldiers.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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Just as MBAs worldwide have spawned a managerial caste — the foot soldiers of the corporate world — the reckoning schools produced their own commercial caste.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Counterguerrilla.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterguerrilla. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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